Government plans to integrate public services and spending mean it is vital that reforms are also made to the regime for dealing with complaints about poor provision, the Whitehall ombudsman has said.
The number of major Whitehall projects deemed to be at risk of failure by the government’s own spending monitors has increased over the last year, according to figures published today.
The National Union of Teachers has called off a strike planned for next month to allow talks to take place with the Department for Education over pay and conditions.
Home Secretary Theresa May has withdrawn government funding from the Police Federation, saying the taxpayer should not provide money to the body when it has reserves worth tens of millions
Underlying government borrowing in 2013/14 has been revised down by £300m, the Office for National Statistics has said, but borrowing in the first month of the new financial year was up by £1.7bn...
The next government should not repeat the coalition’s use of a fiscal target based on reducing public sector debt, but instead base rules only on a five-year target for borrowing, two leading...
Involving users in public service delivery could unlock billions of pounds in savings, a report by the government’s reviewer of public service choice has concluded.
The Ministry of Justice’s plan to outsource probation services carries ‘significant risks’ because it attempts to do too much at once, the Public Accounts Committee has warned
The Pensions Bill has been passed into law bringing the introduction of a simple, single flat-rate state pension ‘a step closer’, the Department for Work and Pensions said.
The government’s programmes to promote local economic growth have lacked clarity and coordination, and their achievements in job creation have fallen below expectations, the Public Accounts Committee...
The government is only in the ‘foothills’ of reforms to integrate public spending across services in a bid to get ‘more for less’, policy minister Oliver Letwin has said.
The coalition government has been told by the Institute for Fiscal Studies that its failure to carry out a revaluation of property values for the purposes of levying council tax is ‘increasingly...
Julian Kelly has been appointed director general of public spending and finance in the Treasury after the post was created following the government’s Financial Management Review, it was announced...
The Ministry of Defence must improve its understanding of the costs and risks in its equipment procurement programme, MPs have said after warning that concerns remain over the overall affordability...
Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael has cast doubt on the ability of an independent Scotland to deal with economic shocks after publishing the Westminster government’s latest analysis of the...
Public sector procurement of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset could save taxpayers around £12.4bn over 35 years, a report from the CentreForum think-tank has said.
Whitehall working arrangements need to be urgently clarified as the coalition government enters its final year, an Institute for Government report has said.
Planning for passenger and freight transport infrastructure must be better coordinated to ensure they can both support economic growth, MPs said today.
Labour has called on the government to clarify when benefit claimants are required to take a job with a zero-hours contract after warnings that those out of work could face sanctions if they turned...
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman said the government must do more to ensure complaints about public services are listened to after it revealed more than 7,500 enquiries had been made in...
A new government tool to improve the cost-benefit analysis of public service reforms could help councils make the case for local changes that improve provision and cut costs, according to a senior...
A panel of experts convened to examine service integration is looking for examples of ‘can-do’ areas that are breaking down barriers, one of its leaders has said.
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin today approved reforms to the Highways Agency that will establish the operator of England’s strategic road network as a standalone company.
The government should introduce a new system of citizen registration to allow for better local planning of public services in areas with high levels of immigration, a think-tank has said today.