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13 May 19
Sixth-forms and colleges are the biggest losers in education funding having endured cuts double those of schools, research has found.
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4 Mar 19
Councils in England have spent £115m of money raised from property sales on funding redundancies, analysis has revealed.
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10 Sep 18
Thousands of children could miss out on care unless the government clarifies what councils must legally provide as they cut services, the Children’s Commissioner has told PF.
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27 Mar 17
Hundreds of thousands of public sector jobs could be lost by the early 2030s thanks to automation, says a Pricewaterhouse Coopers study.
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6 Jul 16
Overall council spending in England will fall by almost £1bn or 1% this year, according to figures published by the Department for Communities and Local Government and CIPFA today.
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16 Mar 16
Chancellor George Osborne has announced he will be imposing further spending cuts in an effort to make additional savings of £3.5bn by 2019/20, as part of today’s Budget.
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9 Dec 15
Council spending on library services across England, Scotland and Wales was cut by £50m in 2014/15, leading to closure of more than 100 libraries, figures from CIPFA have revealed.
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15 Oct 15
More than 200 frontline public sector organisations could be in “financial distress” by the end of the parliament due to planned funding cuts, an analysis by Deloitte and the think-tank...
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26 Aug 15
The Youth Justice Board has launched a consultation on how it can make £13.5m of in-year saving following the announcement of additional cuts to government departments.
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8 Jul 15
Using assets to fill the funding gap
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30 Jun 15
The government has been urged to press ahead with deeper welfare cuts after analysis of official statistics showed that over half of UK households receive more from the state than they pay in taxes.
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18 May 15
Government plans to cut welfare spending could increase the pressure on hardship schemes run by local authorities, potentially leading to more people living in poverty, a Grant Thornton report has...
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28 Apr 15
In a triple whammy, the government has cut town hall funding while creating additional costs and extra work for local authorities assisting people facing destitution.
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16 Mar 15
A senior council leader has warned that local authorities will face legal challenges over failure to provide statutory services during the next parliament if funding cuts persist.
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11 Mar 15
The most deprived areas of England have suffered the deepest cuts in government funding during this Parliament, which has broken the historic link between local deprivation levels and spending, an...
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24 Nov 14
Councils have borne the brunt of the coalition’s public spending cuts, and lost nearly half their core funding in five years. Torn between raising council tax and losing their ‘freeze...
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28 Aug 13
The rate of staff cuts being made across Whitehall will need to increase if the government is to meet its target for headcount reductions by 2015, the Institute for Government said today.
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21 Mar 13
You wouldn't know it from the headline figures, but local government, along with some other unprotected and unloved public services, looks likely to face at least 50 per cent spending cuts...
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22 Jun 10
There is a real opportunity for public sector managers to lessen the consequences of the spending cuts by increasing efficiency
13 May 19Sixth-forms and colleges are the biggest losers in education funding having endured cuts double those of schools, research has found.
4 Mar 19Councils in England have spent £115m of money raised from property sales on funding redundancies, analysis has revealed.
10 Sep 18Thousands of children could miss out on care unless the government clarifies what councils must legally provide as they cut services, the Children’s Commissioner has told PF.
27 Mar 17Hundreds of thousands of public sector jobs could be lost by the early 2030s thanks to automation, says a Pricewaterhouse Coopers study.
6 Jul 16Overall council spending in England will fall by almost £1bn or 1% this year, according to figures published by the Department for Communities and Local Government and CIPFA today.
16 Mar 16Chancellor George Osborne has announced he will be imposing further spending cuts in an effort to make additional savings of £3.5bn by 2019/20, as part of today’s Budget.
9 Dec 15Council spending on library services across England, Scotland and Wales was cut by £50m in 2014/15, leading to closure of more than 100 libraries, figures from CIPFA have revealed.
15 Oct 15More than 200 frontline public sector organisations could be in “financial distress” by the end of the parliament due to planned funding cuts, an analysis by Deloitte and the think-tank...
26 Aug 15The Youth Justice Board has launched a consultation on how it can make £13.5m of in-year saving following the announcement of additional cuts to government departments.
8 Jul 15Using assets to fill the funding gap
30 Jun 15The government has been urged to press ahead with deeper welfare cuts after analysis of official statistics showed that over half of UK households receive more from the state than they pay in taxes.
18 May 15Government plans to cut welfare spending could increase the pressure on hardship schemes run by local authorities, potentially leading to more people living in poverty, a Grant Thornton report has...
28 Apr 15In a triple whammy, the government has cut town hall funding while creating additional costs and extra work for local authorities assisting people facing destitution.
16 Mar 15A senior council leader has warned that local authorities will face legal challenges over failure to provide statutory services during the next parliament if funding cuts persist.
11 Mar 15The most deprived areas of England have suffered the deepest cuts in government funding during this Parliament, which has broken the historic link between local deprivation levels and spending, an...
24 Nov 14Councils have borne the brunt of the coalition’s public spending cuts, and lost nearly half their core funding in five years. Torn between raising council tax and losing their ‘freeze...
28 Aug 13The rate of staff cuts being made across Whitehall will need to increase if the government is to meet its target for headcount reductions by 2015, the Institute for Government said today.
21 Mar 13You wouldn't know it from the headline figures, but local government, along with some other unprotected and unloved public services, looks likely to face at least 50 per cent spending cuts...
22 Jun 10There is a real opportunity for public sector managers to lessen the consequences of the spending cuts by increasing efficiency
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