The scale of the public sector deficit demands no-holds-barred solutions. So could Total Place – the latest weapon in the government’s armoury – help to lower costs without damaging vital services?...
A spate of job losses and a squeeze on pay and conditions have been stoking unrest across the public sector, ahead of the clampdown on spending expected in November’s Pre-Budget Report
Health and social care services are suffering because councils and NHS bodies are failing to pool resources effectively, the local government watchdog has said
NHS leaders have warned that the government might seek to squeeze health service spending by locking down the treatments price tariff for five years and clawing back surpluses
Government departments need to keep less money in private banks and use the Exchequer as their main banking provider, the National Audit Office has said
A forgotten army of grandparent carers are living ‘below the poverty line and struggling to cope’, according to a report by the charity Grandparents Plus
Conservative proposals to abandon the government’s Flexible New Deal jobs programme and replace it with an untried alternative are irresponsible, Work and Pensions Secretary Yvette Cooper has said
The main parties’ health spokesmen took centre stage during the conference season. But as we head towards an election, they will need to spell out how to maintain quality while making necessary...
Education Secretary Ed Balls has hit back at MPs who tried to block his choice of a children’s commissioner, telling them they have no veto over major appointments
Forget the bonfire of the quangos, it’s managers and back-office staff who are in politicians’
line of fire now. But can layers of ‘bureaucrats’ really be taken out without harming services
on the...
A third of armed forces families say the Ministry of Defence houses they live in are in poor condition, with a quarter adding that they are also poorly maintained, according to a report
Neither the government nor the Opposition is being realistic about driving down debt, a leading economist has told senior public sector financial managers
The streamlined National Health Service in Wales faces an ‘enormous and complicated’ task in meeting expectations at a time of reduced public spending, the Welsh NHS Confederation has said
The Wales Audit Office has established itself as an authoritative voice but is at a watershed as the public sector faces a ‘major drive’ for efficiency savings, an expert panel has said