A programme designed to tackle fuel poverty has directed help to people who do not need it while omitting many who do, a National Audit Office probe has found
Doctors, nurses and other clinicians must take greater control of NHS expenditure, an unprecedented joint statement by medical and financial institutions has said
The deadline for final proposals on local government reorganisation in Norfolk, Suffolk and Devon has been put off until the summer because of legal wrangles
Plans to announce the preferred bidders for the Flexible New Deal contracts have been put on hold while the government and potential contractors renegotiate terms, it has emerged
The economic downturn has thrust public sector finance directors into the spotlight, giving them a vital role in piloting their organisations through a tough financial period, CIPFA chief executive...
Schools minister Jim Knight has defended the Building Schools for the Future programme after the National Audit Office highlighted rising costs and delays
The Audit Commission has admitted to MPs that councils’ treasury management capability was not on its ‘risk radar’ until after the Icelandic banking fiasco that has swallowed up £...
Charities have called on politicians to ‘hang their heads in shame’ after official figures revealed that social services spending on elderly people fell last year
Local authorities and central government have set up an emergency ‘Salt Cell’ to ensure there is enough gritting salt for roads, as the extreme winter weather continues
NHS bodies might be given more freedom to choose their own IT systems while waiting for the delayed patient records system, the head of the NHS has said
The Department of Health has again delayed publication of the new NHS treatments tariff after health bodies raised concerns about its operation during testing