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News - March 2011
FoI 'should cover all public service providers'
Private firms that provide public services in Scotland should be subject to Freedom of Information laws, according to the watchdog that oversees rules on disclosure
08 March 2011
Police face upheaval in pay and bonuses
A range of police bonuses and allowances should be suspended according to a review of police pay.
08 March 2011
English local authorities to freeze council tax
Almost all local authorities in England will freeze council tax in April after taking advantage of the government's £650m incentive fund, according to CIPFA's annual survey
09 March 2011
Whitehall needs IT supremo, MPs told
A permanent secretary level appointment is needed to end Whitehall's series of failed IT procurements, according to academics.
09 March 2011
Shift to GP commissioning 'must be skilfully managed'
Skilled management will be needed to ensure the move to GP commissioning does not affect the quality of health and social care, the Nuffield Trust warned today
09 March 2011
Prospect urges pension protection
A union has called on the government to 'leave public sector pensions alone' following a poll revealing public support for current schemes.
07 March 2011
Powers over top public jobs 'should be handed to Parliament'
A leading think-tank has called for more powers over key public appointments to be vested in Parliament rather than individual ministers.
07 March 2011
DCMS took crude hatchet to arm's-length bodies, NAO finds
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport 'salami-sliced' the budgets of its arm's-length bodies without calculating the financial consequences, a National Audit Office investigation has found
10 March 2011
Community advisers will help make Census count
Concerns among local authorities that the 2001 census under-counted migrant communities have led to the deployment of 41 community advisers in this month's £480m exercise
10 March 2011
Number of ministers must shrink to realise Big Society, say MPs
The Big Society will have failed unless the number of ministers is slashed during the Parliament, the Commons public administration select committee said today.
10 March 2011
Whitehall pay bill soars by 10% despite staff cuts
Excessive promotions for senior civil servants have increased Whitehall's pay bill by 10% even though employee numbers have fallen, the National Audit Office has found.
11 March 2011
Basildon council set to spend £8m evicting Travellers
Almost £20m of public money could be needed to evict one of the country's largest Traveller sites
11 March 2011
Betts slams Pickles over charity funding confusion
The chair of the Commons local government select committee has accused ministers of 'making it up as they go along' in their drive to prescribe council funding to the voluntary sector.
11 March 2011
English housing shortfall could exceed 700,000 homes
England faces a massive shortfall of homes unless housing policy is radically changed, the Institute for Public Policy Research warns today
14 March 2011
Schools are converting to academies for financial reasons, survey shows
Most schools planning to become academies are doing so because they believe they will benefit financially, a poll has revealed.
14 March 2011
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