Losses from internal fraud and theft in Whitehall increased from £3.9m to over £4m in the past financial year despite a fall in the number of reported cases, a Treasury report has said
Civil service-wide pay talks are set to take place over the next three weeks after the Public and Commercial Services union suspended a national strike planned for November 10
The government could announce a combined package of tax cuts, benefit measures and capital spending to provide a ‘fiscal stimulus’ to the economy in the Pre-Budget Report, economists have...
The UK government might have to repay £190m for errors made in allocating European Union regional funding across the country, as the European Commission seeks to toughen up controls on spending
Local authorities are to receive a total of £101m to help ensure that house building continues during the economic downturn and that the industry is primed for when the economy improves
When the going gets tough, the tough invent a grand-sounding body. Philip Johnston asks whether Gordon Brown’s new economic ‘war council’ is a lean, mean fighting machine or a...
The government’s public service transformation programme is mired in uncertainty, with the Cabinet Office unable to say how many of the outcome targets set for 2008 have been met
Proposals to allow patients to pay privately for drugs not available on the NHS without losing their right to free care could cost tens of millions of pounds
The cost of replacing Britain’s nuclear submarines could rise from current estimates if the Ministry of Defence fails to manage the main risks, the National Audit Office has warned
The government’s abandonment of its fiscal rules and new readiness to borrow have prompted questions from economists, as new figures showed a year-on-year fall in the UK’s gross domestic...
Financial pressures are a constant for local authorities, but a new and unexpected difficulty has stolen the headlines. In October, scores of councils came down with a nasty case of frostbite after...
Town hall leaders are confident that they can meet targets to pay small and medium-sized suppliers more swiftly, to help them through the economic slowdown
Wyre Forest District Council in Worcestershire, Uttlesford District Council in Essex and Tamworth Borough Council in Staffordshire have been revealed as the three councils to receive emergency...
