Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been accused of trying to pull a ‘rabbit out of a hat’ in announcing that the government will offer free personal care so frail elderly people can be cared for in...
Public bodies run costly risks when they use the Private Finance Initiative, argues Matthew Dillon. Managing special purpose companies is one of the most obvious
Conservatives gather next week knowing they need to spell out plans for austerity government. They’re taking tips from Tory ‘easyCouncils’
on how to get more for less. Philip Johnston asks whether...
With a spending squeeze looming, public sector leaders should take the initiative now to ensure any changes are on their terms. Gill Hunter advises on the best way to go about it
The Office for National Statistics has been forced to scale back long-delayed plans to modernise the systems used to produce the National Accounts following warnings from the Bank of England
Whatever happened to that brave new political dawn? Things really did get better but, as New Labour gathers for its last conference before the election, the public couldn’t be less grateful. Demos’s...
Government ministers have hit back at the Conservatives over the state of the public finances ahead of the Labour Party conference, where the issue of future spending cuts is likely to take centre...
Scotland’s permanent secretary, Sir John Elvidge, has ordered a fundamental review of the ‘effectiveness and affordability’ of the Scottish Government and its agencies, prompting union fears that it...
money by scrapping almost all central government regulation and devolving power to frontline services have provoked anger in the Audit Commission and been dismissed by experts
This year’s conference season will be dominated by cuts - uncomfortable ground for Labour. Far from providing a policy platform, it might only highlight the government’s problems
The government does not adequately support the role of carers in society and the financial benefits carers receive are ‘unnecessarily complex and cause confusion’, MPs have said
Government departments should be benchmarked against private sector organisations and staff should be performance-managed, according to a report by MPs