There are silver linings to be found among the clouds of recession if public sector leaders allow innovative ideas to get off the ground, argues Geoff Mulgan
The government must balance the need to reduce the public deficit against fears that swift public spending cuts could worsen the recession, economists have warned
Latest data on the public sector finances show that government borrowing is continuing to expand, and suggest that Treasury predictions have underestimated the scale of the deficit
The Human Rights and Equalities Commission and Passenger Focus are the country’s worst performing quangos, according to a damning report by the Local Government Association
Scotland’s public sector watchdog has told the organisers of the 2014 Commonwealth Games, to be staged in Glasgow, that they must ensure costs are kept under control and risks are managed
A government target of building 3 million new homes by 2020 is unlikely to be achieved because of the dramatic slowdown in the industry in the past two years, a Joseph Rowntree Foundation study has...
Ministers are seeking ways to reduce ring-fencing of public service funding as documents to be released with next month’s Pre-Budget Report reveal a tangled web of funding streams
Giving the Welsh Assembly full law-making powers over the 20 devolved policy areas would substantially improve the current system, a landmark report has said
Councils in London are preparing a new round of lobbying to secure more government funding for primary schools after data showed capacity problems were worse than first thought
The chair of Ofsted has launched a stinging attack on civil service governance, culture and practices, suggesting that Whitehall is risk averse and unable to deal with failure
Plans by an independent commission to give Scotland more power over finance and taxation are flawed and a ‘messy fudge’, the Holyrood government has claimed
A Right-leaning think-tank and leading consultancy have recommended that councils cull spending by 20% by 2011 through doing less, outsourcing more and becoming more financially innovative.
If governments prove incapable of agreement on limiting climate change at Copenhagen, individuals will need to slow it through their own actions. An accounting approach to sustainability can help...
