News - March 2010

Councils to be able to charge £25,000 for roadwork overruns Local authorities in England will be able to collects fines of up to £25,000 a day from utility companies that allow roadworks to overrun, ministers have proposed 01 March 2010
Charities should provide more public services, says Scottish think-tankPublic services in Scotland could be improved by transferring power from government to voluntary organisations, a leading think-tank has suggested 01 March 2010
Metronet contract has lost taxpayers £410m, says PACMPs have attacked the Department for Transport for its 'inadequate' contract management, which it said has resulted in losses of up to £410m for the taxpayer 02 March 2010
Healey won't challenge Johnson's housing strategyHousing minister John Healey has withdrawn his opposition to London Mayor Boris Johnson's plan to scrap affordable housing targets 02 March 2010
North Wales needs a prison, say MPs MPs have criticised the lack of prison facilities in North Wales and called on the Ministry of Justice to adopt a more flexible approach to prisons policy 03 March 2010
Think-tank identifies £6.5bn benefit savingsA government 'of any stripe' should claw back recent benefit rises and restrict child benefits for better-off families to save £6.5bn, a Right-wing think-tank has urged 03 March 2010
Third sector steps up service provision – but at what price?Charities are declaring that their time has come, with Whitehall lauding their merits. But, although greater service provision could improve quality, it is unlikely to make savings 03 March 2010
MoD wastes millions buying equipment, say MPsMPs have condemned the Ministry of Defence for wasting hundreds of millions of pounds every year through its equipment procurement programme. 04 March 2010
Ministers set up third sector groupA Cabinet committee to encourage increased involvement of third sector bodies in public service provision has been established, Public Finance has been told. 04 March 2010
Commons committee attacks equalities bodyThe troubled Equalities and Human Rights Commission has been slammed by MPs, just weeks after a parliamentary body referred its chair to the standards watchdog. 04 March 2010
Councils planning savage cuts to adult care spending Adult care budgets are set to be slashed as councils strive to safeguard children's social services in the wake of recent high-profile child protection failures, public spending experts have warned. 04 March 2010
MPs criticise frequency of ministerial changesWhitehall departments are under-performing because ministers are not remaining in post long enough to see through their policies, two separate MPs' reports have found 05 March 2010
Coalfields regeneration has had little effect, say MPsEfforts to regenerate former coalmining towns in England have had little effect despite a £1.1bn cost to the taxpayer, MPs have found 10 March 2010
Home Office asks for extra funds to cover overspendThe Home Office has been forced to ask Parliament for almost £80m in extra funds after failing to set aside enough to cover the possibility of losing a court case over police pensions 10 March 2010
Scots NHS makes progress in waiting list changesChanges to the management of NHS waiting lists in Scotland have made the system fairer for patients but more needs to be done to ensure it works effectively, Audit Scotland has found. 11 March 2010

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