Health unions have indicated that they are open to the idea of NHS workers being given job guarantees in exchange for lower pay deals and workplace mobility
Unions are considering legal action against the government over reform of the Civil Service Compensation Scheme, branding the changes as another example of politicians making public workers an ‘easy...
The chancellor failed to account for £15bn of public spending cuts from 2011/14 in Wednesday’s Pre-Budget Report, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies
An influential committee of MSPs has called on the Scottish Government to provide clearer and more detailed budget information on its commitment to protecting frontline services and supporting...
The past ten years have seen the economy go from boom to bust, and the public finances spiral out of control. Tony Travers relives a decade of war, terrorism and financial
collapse – and asks, is it...
Public officials are calling on the Cabinet and Opposition to reveal how they plan to close the fiscal gap, after the Pre-Budget Report underlined the depth of the crisis without fully detailing how...
Public sector bodies were left in suspense over their future funding after Chancellor Alistair Darling refused to set out spending plans beyond 2010/11 in his Pre-Budget Report on December 9
The prime minister has pledged a further £3bn in efficiency savings through what he said would be a radical transformation of Whitehall and of local service provision
In the Pre-Budget Report, the chancellor must consider cutting non-essential public services and make sure others are being provided efficiently – even if this means outsourcing, argues Jon Sibson
First Minister Alex Salmond has vowed to press ahead with his controversial referendum Bill on independence for Scotland after rejecting opposition parties’ claims that it is a ‘multimillion-pound...
Central government should be given more powers to intervene in large-scale public sector IT projects to avoid costly failures, according to a think-tank
The recession is forcing all parts of the UK public sector to enter into shared service arrangements, according to a CIPFA survey of finance and resources directors
Enhancing the role of local government could improve the quality of MPs, who otherwise lack managerial experience, a prominent Conservative council leader has said
Revenue and Customs has wasted
more than £300m on a private sector contract to run two-thirds of its estate, according to a damning report by the National Audit Office