More than £20m of funds to help people hit by government welfare changes, such as the introduction of the ‘bedroom tax’, was unclaimed by councils in 2013/14, the Department for Work and Pensions has...
Low pay costs the public purse between £3.6bn and £6bn every year in tax credits to boost wages and the government should encourage employers to pay the Living Wage to reduce this subsidy, a report...
Public sector borrowing in May was £13.3bn, up £4.6bn from the same month last year, figures from the Office for National Statistics have revealed today.
Introduction of the Personal Independence Payment for disabled people has been ‘nothing short of a fiasco’ that has let down some of the most vulnerable people in society, MPs have said today.
The Department for Work and Pensions has successfully introduced its new scheme for child maintenance payments, but its savings target could be at risk if the number of parents intending to reach...
Virgin Trains will continue running trains on the West Coast mainline for a further two years and nine months, with the firm agreeing to pay the government more than £430m to run the franchise.
Treasury reforms to the use of private finance to build and maintain public infrastructure will not remove the accounting incentives for Whitehall departments to use the scheme even when it does not...
The government has made significant improvements to how it assesses the impact of public spending cuts on different groups, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has said today.
The role of Whitehall finance directors could be expanded to help improve transparency and decision-making, CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman has suggested.
The Help to Buy equity loan programme violated Treasury guidelines because it was introduced without an assessment of the alternatives, MPs have said today.
Ethical standards should be incorporated into the contractual and monitoring arrangements for companies and charities delivering outsourced public services, the Committee on Standards in Public Life...
The management of three local authority-led Private Finance Initiative waste projects has been criticised by government auditors for a lack of clarity.
Comptroller and auditor general Amyas Morse received a knighthood in this year’s Birthday Honours, leading a distinguished list of public servants who were recognised.
The government has saved more than £1.2bn since 2010 by reducing the size of the public sector estate, according to Cabinet Office figures published today.
The Ministry of Defence’s programme to cut the size of the army has left the force exposed to significant risks that could affect its ability to achieve its objectives, the National Audit Office said...
MPs today called on the government to tackle conflicts of interest in spending decisions taken in academies after finding some transactions may have benefited individuals with connections to the...
Ministers have asked Ofsted to report on the scope for inspecting schools at no notice following allegations of extremism at several schools in Birmingham.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has proposed public spending rules for the next parliament that include a commitment to cutting the level of the national debt as a proportion of economic output in...
The government has been warned that a lack of consistency in the funding of road maintenance for both the Highways Agency and local authorities is putting public value at risk.
Plans to limit pay-offs to senior public service managers and moves to increase the amount of public sector land available for development were among the measures confirmed in today’s Queen’s Speech.
There has been a 14% rise in the number of people who are facing debt problems as a result of paying back tax credits that were overpaid, Citizens Advice has said. However, the government insisted...
Labour has pledged to give local authorities multi-year funding settlements if it wins the next election, in a bid to end short-term spending decisions in public services.