The new CIPFA president talks to Public Finance editor Mike Thatcher about tackling the recession and climate change - and why Eastern thinking could bring enlightenment to our own public sector
Gordon Brown's government is making a last-ditch attempt to regain the policy and political high ground. But the options for public services are limited, whoever is in power, says Tony Travers
The Appeal Court’s ruling against a group of London boroughs’ insurance mutual has brought calls for the new communities secretary to clarify the wellbeing power
Local authority transport chiefs have called on ministers to come clean over suspected funding cuts, fearing grants for local schemes will be the main victim of shrinking budgets.
The public sector in Wales is embracing a more collaborative approach to service provision and facing the challenge of constrained spending, the finance minister has said.
The Scottish Government has underlined its commitment to providing accurate information to MSPs after a damning parliamentary report on senior civil servants.
The architect of the welfare to work programme has said that the government’s Flexible New Deal needs some serious rethinking in the light of the recession.
Trade union Unison has warned that taxpayers face a £217bn bill for Private Finance Initiative projects over the next 25 years, and renewed its call for the scheme to be axed.
BBC bosses have defended the broadcaster’s licence fee funding arrangement amid government proposals that it should be shared with other broadcasters for the first time.
MPs have condemned shrinking investment in defence research, saying Britain’s military capability and role in the world could be diminished unless the cuts are reversed...
An independent review has strongly criticised the government for ignoring a looming crisis over the modernisation of further education colleges in England.
The Department for Transport should rethink how it reduces taxpayer risk following the collapse of London Underground contractor Metronet, according to the National Audit Office...
Adults with autism are not receiving effective services because agencies do not have sufficient data or understanding of the condition, the National Audit Office has found...
Most tenants in social housing are satisfied with their landlord, according to a study published on June 9. But they do want the sector’s new regulator to ensure that rents are affordable and their...
The head of Scotland’s local government watchdog has denied that proposed revisions to Best Value audits would result in ‘subjective’ judgements of councils’ performance.
