Money from efficiency savings will be ‘recycled’ into civil servants’ pay as part of a deal with the Public and Commercial Services union to call off strikes originally set for this...
The independent body set up to examine the future of devolution is to investigate the possibility of giving the Scottish Government powers to borrow as well as control over certain taxes
Unions have slammed government proposals to sell off a string of public agencies and assets as ‘reckless’, while the Treasury admitted this week that the poor state of the economy could...
This summer’s standard assessment tests fiasco was one in a long line of outsourcing disasters. But it provides a route map for future partnerships, says Andrew Rigby
Credit unions could take over the running of the troubled Social Fund from Jobcentre Plus under measures being considered for next year’s Welfare Reform Bill
The government has announced measures to boost social enterprises, as research shows third sector organisations have won public sector contracts worth almost £16m in the past six months
The UK government has been accused of trying to stop the process of Scottish self-government after refusing to make any commitment to increase the powers of the Holyrood Parliament
Despite the abandonment of the fiscal rules, the UK remains prudent by European measures. Steve Wilcox argues that by adopting the EU’s financial rules in the Pre-Budget Report on November 24,...
Government indecision over whether to leave Royal Mail in charge of the Post Office card account has left the fate of 3,000 post offices in the balance, senior MPs said this week
