The Welsh Assembly Government has announced it will protect health and youth employment budgets from cuts while spending across the public sector is restrained
The government has finalised plans for a carbon emissions reduction scheme aimed at forcing major public and private sector polluters to take action on climate change
Town halls will need to hold a Conservative government’s ‘feet to the fire’ to ensure it stays true to its localist pledges, the shadow minister for the Cabinet Office has admitted
Batten down the hatches, the worst is yet to come. Even if the recession is now over, there are mounting social and financial pressures on the UK. Only radical government action can avert disaster,...
Much more dramatic spending cuts than those already signalled are inevitable if the Conservatives are serious about reducing public borrowing, economists have warned
Government figures have revealed huge variations in local authority’s efficiency savings, while experts have warned that they are distorted by ‘smoke and mirrors’
Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Communities Secretary John Denham have spearheaded an attack on the Conservatives’ record on services, aimed at positioning Labour as the natural party of the public...
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been accused of trying to pull a ‘rabbit out of a hat’ in announcing that the government will offer free personal care so frail elderly people can be cared for in...
Public bodies run costly risks when they use the Private Finance Initiative, argues Matthew Dillon. Managing special purpose companies is one of the most obvious
Conservatives gather next week knowing they need to spell out plans for austerity government. They’re taking tips from Tory ‘easyCouncils’
on how to get more for less. Philip Johnston asks whether...
With a spending squeeze looming, public sector leaders should take the initiative now to ensure any changes are on their terms. Gill Hunter advises on the best way to go about it
