The government has extended the Funding for Lending Scheme for a year and introduced extra incentives to encourage banks to lend to small- and medium-sized businesses.
Whitehall's financial leadership remains weak and fragmented when it should be playing a major role in central decision-making and performance management, according to the Institute for Government.
Auditors have criticised the Treasury’s management of a compensation scheme for members of the pensions and life insurance company Equitable Life members, warning that a deadline to make all payments...
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has pledged to stop judicial reviews into government decisions being used as ‘a cheap delaying tactic’ to hold up planning applications and policy changes.
The UK and Scottish governments have today published sharply conflicting reports on the Scottish National Party’s proposal that an independent Scotland should remain within the sterling zone and...
Public sector borrowing in 2012/13 was £120.6bn, excluding special factors, down just £300m on the previous year, the Office for National Statistics has announced.
Some of the Whitehall savings identified by the Cabinet Office’s Efficiency and Reform group are unlikely to be sustainable, the National Audit Office has warned.
The government is consulting on proposed changes to the Community Infrastructure Levy, including plans to make councils provide greater clarity on their charges.
The Local Government Association has today urged MPs to halt plans for a ‘free-for-all’ on home extensions that could have a negative impact on local communities.
The number of households expected to be affected by the government’s cap on benefits has fallen by 16,000 to 40,000, the Department for Work and Pensions has revealed.
Pay rises for public sector bosses are lagging behind those for similar roles in the private sector, a survey by the Chartered Management Institute has found.
The first phase of the government-backed British Business Bank has been launched with a pledge to provide £300m of support to small- and medium-sized firms in the first round of investments
Three-quarters of local government leaders say funding cuts are the most important issue facing their areas, according to an Ipsos Mori poll published today.
The UK government is to automatically share tax information with France, Germany, Italy and Spain in a multinational effort to identify and deter tax avoiders.
Ministers today began consulting on a radical transformation of the legal aid system, including restricting access, slashing fees and introducing a competitive market for criminal cases.
Disability campaigners have warned that more than half a million disabled people are set to lose out financially as benefit changes come into force this week.
The government’s rush to put services online and get Whitehall tweeting fails to take account of the insecure and dated systems being used in the corridors of power
The Department for Communities and Local Government is to leave its Eland House headquarters to share office space with the Home Office, in a move expected to save £24m a year.
The removal of restrictions on Bulgarian and Romanian immigration to the UK is unlikely to have a significant impact on public services in the UK, economic forecasters said today.
MPs have urged ministers to look again at the costs of creating a single-tier state pension, warning that bringing forward the change could have ‘significant implications’ for public sector employers.
