Accountants have been 'part of the problem' in contributing to climate change and now need to become part of the solution, Sir Michael Peat, the Prince of Wales' private secretary has warned.
Six central government departments, spending a total of more than £45bn, do not have a professionally qualified finance director on the board, more than a year after a Treasury deadline.
The Home Office's failure to have its accounts in good working order was 'inexcusable', its permanent secretary told a Treasury and CIPFA-hosted symposium on financial management in London on...
A brief surge in house-building by local authorities in England has failed to increase the number of council homes significantly, government figures reveal.
Chancellor Alistair Darling's forecasts for the public finances are too optimistic and painful choices are needed to get them back on track, despite higher-than-expected tax receipts, leading...
A Whitehall error has meant two London councils will lose special funding they were promised in the provisional local government finance settlement last year.
Thousands of unemployed people will have to prepare themselves for employment through training or work experience or risk losing the Jobseeker's Allowance, Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell...
The new Homes and Communities Agency could be up and running by the end of the year, its chief executive designate said this week. Sir Bob Kerslake said he would like to bring forward the formal...
Ian Paisley Junior has resigned as a junior minister in the Northern Ireland Executive after weeks of media scrutiny of his personal and political relationships.
The government must provide greater long-term mental health care for armed forces veterans and families, the Commons defence select committee has urged.
Monitor has issued a 'hands-off' warning to the Department of Health and told NHS foundation trusts they must rethink their relationships with their strategic health authorities.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced a plan for tackling violent crime just three days ahead of a National Audit Office report warning that the government lacked a long-term strategic approach to...
More than a fifth of students are dropping out of university - the same proportion as five years ago, according to the Commons Public Accounts Committee.
Scotland's largest local authority is to shed more than 400 posts following its decision to freeze council tax in line with the policy of the Scottish government.
Next month's decision on seven planned NHS independent sector treatment centres will show whether the government is committed to reforming the service, the CBI said this week.