The UK economy would be boosted by as much as £100bn a year if the country’s transport and energy infrastructure matched standards in Europe, the Centre for Economics and Business Research said today.
The Ministry of Defence's £159bn procurement plan relies on 'uncertain' efficiencies and an unconfirmed budget increase in next month’s Spending Review, the Public Accounts Committee has warned.
Councils have begun to help more than a quarter of the 120,000 troubled families that Prime Minister David Cameron wants to ‘turn round’ by 2015, the government announced today.
Trade union Unison has urged the government to halt cuts to public spending after research revealed a ‘devastating’ impact on councils and hospitals throughout the country.
The Treasury’s plan to cut public sector pension costs by raising staff contributions has been stymied by workforce cuts and a related surge in early retirements
The Commons transport select committee has supported the expansion of Heathrow airport, saying proposals for a new airport in the Thames estuary would require ‘huge’ taxpayer investment.
The Ministry of Defence moved quickly to cancel an order for fighter aircraft when costs soared but the change still cost taxpayers £74m, auditors said today.
Reforms to local government finance mean councils will be increasingly dependent on economic growth to fund services, which could put further pressure on areas such as adult social care, the Centre...
Councils could start to ‘fail’ their communities if the government imposes further cuts in the June Spending Review, the Local Government Association warned today.
Women who are senior managers in the UK public sector are likely to be disproportionately affected by the government’s spending cuts, Ernst & Young has said.
Abolition of the Audit Commission will save £1.2bn over ten years, the government said today as plans to scrap the watchdog were confirmed in the Queen’s Speech.
Whitehall should be making better use of non-executive directors brought in from the private and voluntary sector, the chair of the Commons public administration select committee has said.
Benefit cuts and caps threaten Universal Credit’s central objective of ensuring people are always better off in work, the Trades Union Congress warned today.
The government should simplify planning regulations further to boost private sector housebuilding and construction, according to the Centre for Policy Studies.
Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney has announced a £290.8m investment boost for housing plus plans to shift funds from colleges and police to make up for central budget cuts.
Five British overseas territories have today agreed to help the Treasury tackle tax evasion by sharing information on bank accounts held in their jurisdictions.
The government’s controversial ‘nudge unit’, which develops ways to encourage individuals to make better life choices, is to be turned into a standalone business.
It’s all change at the Bank of England with a new governor about to take over the reins and a revised remit from the chancellor. So can Mark Carney deliver, asks James Zuccollo
Young people should be required to vote in the first election for which they are eligible and fined if they don’t, according to the Institute for Public Policy Research.
A government business offering civil service-standard training and qualifications was launched today with the expectation of netting £500m for taxpayers over the next ten years.
Government ministers want council pension funds to work closer together and ‘do not rule out’ implementing mergers of existing funds, the man leading pension reforms at the Department for Communities...
Local authorities in England have failed to collect almost £2.4bn in council tax since the system began, according to the Department for Communities and Local Government.
The June Spending Review is going to slice Whitehall’s funding cake so thinly that departments will be left fighting over the crumbs. So how are public services meant to cope, asks Tony Travers
The Treasury is to underwrite £75m worth of investment in the Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire in the first confirmed deal using government-backed funding guarantees.
