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News - April 2010
Bundred salary 'not excessive', says interim Audit Commission chief
The Audit Commission's new chief executive has defended the £225,000 salary of his predecessor, despite mounting political pressure to restrain excessive pay in the public sector
01 April 2010
CBI says public pensions are costing billions of pounds a year
Business leaders have called for sweeping reform of public sector pensions, which they say are adding £10bn to government spending every year
06 April 2010
Holyrood is 'institutionally biased against the private sector'
The Scottish Government has been urged by the CBI business lobby to end its 'institutional bias' against the private sector and encourage more competition.
08 April 2010
CIPFA calls for radical change to public services
Public services in Scotland will need to be restricted or withdrawn as part of a redefined relationship between the state and the individual, an influential budget review group has been told.
08 April 2010
NHS fears 'rushed' local health changes
NHS leaders have warned that the reorganisation of community health services could 'unravel' – and have to be reshaped again – because plans have been rushed to meet tight government deadlines.
08 April 2010
PCTs must monitor out-of-hours care, say MPs
Some primary care trusts are failing in their responsibility to set and monitor the standards of out-of-hours care providers, MPs said this week.
08 April 2010
Free care Bill at risk as Parliament dissolves
Flagship government plans to provide free personal care for those with the greatest need are in doubt following a pre-election deal with the Opposition.
08 April 2010
Citizens should own the road network, says think-tank
The government should hand over responsibility for the road network to citizens through shares that would generate money through road tolls, according to a think-tank report
12 April 2010
Midwinter challenges Scots spending cuts forecasts
Forecasts of an unprecedented £3bn cut in Scottish public services over the next three years are unreliable, an expert on public finance has told a budget review panel
13 April 2010
Mixed views on pre-election economy figures
Figures hailed by the government as 'vindicating' its efforts to tackle the recession should be treated with caution, a leading economist has told Public Finance.
08 April 2010
NI row highlights paucity of spending detail, say experts
National Insurance policy remains the main economic dividing line between Labour and the Conservatives after both parties published election manifestos short on public spending detail
15 April 2010
English NHS commissioning under attack
A public policy academic has added to the calls for sweeping reforms to the commissioning system in the English NHS
16 April 2010
Local government pension reform 'requires independent commission'
An independent body should be established to bring about wholesale reform to local government pensions, a fund authority has proposed today
19 April 2010
Experts predict 500,000 public sector job losses
Up to half a million public sector jobs are likely to be lost in the next five years whoever wins the election, experts have warned
19 April 2010
Education policies converge but details remain sketchy
All the main parties support independently run schools in some form. But there is no guarantee that they produce results for the pupils themselves, reports Lucy Phillips
20 April 2010
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