CIPFA has called for an independent body to be set up to consider the future of the Barnett Formula, which determines public spending levels in the devolved nations.
Almost a third of armed forces families are unhappy with the condition of their homes, and it will be 20 years before the entire Ministry of Defence stock is brought up to standard...
The elected mayor system is unpopular and does not lead to improvements in public services, a leading academic told MPs at an inquiry into local government accountability.
Northern Ireland’s Land and Property Services agency is to be reviewed, following criticisms from councils over a budget crisis that led to significant service cuts.
Parole decisions are being held up at a cost of millions of pounds a year due to increased caseloads and inefficiency across criminal justice agencies, MPs have said.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has disappointed unions and campaigners by failing to call for compulsory pay audits to be included in upcoming equality legislation.
The Private Finance Initiative is lacking a vital component — private finance itself. Now ministers will lend money to fill the gap - but the move has only added to the complexity surrounding the PFI...
The civil servant heading the government’s efforts to deal with unemployment has said that Britain’s jobcentres will be able to cope with whatever the recession throws at them.
Economists have warned that the public finances could be harmed by a further loss of tax revenue because of the ‘catch-all’ nature of Lord Turner’s review of financial services regulation.
The audit watchdog for Wales has produced its three-year strategy to support public bodies through the economic downturn and help them achieve their environmental targets.
The National Union of Students Wales has welcomed the Assembly Government’s plans to phase out the tuition fees grant in favour of increased maintenance grants for students from low-income families...
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has welcomed the Post Office’s five-year contract to support the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in issuing photographic driving licences. Mandelson, whose plan...
Rising unemployment and repossessions will take waiting lists for social housing to a record high of almost 2 million by 2011, according to an National Housing Federation study...
Housing associations must accept that the boom years are over and focus on raising standards for their growing customer base, a leading finance director told the conference...
Former first minister Henry McLeish has condemned the Scottish government-brokered freeze on council tax as a ‘gateway to disaster’, and called for a rethink of public spending priorities...