Plans to give councils greater control of local transport spending could weaken transparency and accountability for public money, the Public Accounts Committee warned today.
The coalition government’s initial decision to change the jets being procured for new aircraft carriers was ‘closed, rushed and flawed’, MPs have said.
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has appointed four new members to the board of the Audit Commission, which will be tasked with shutting down the spending watchdog.
Giving local authorities a greater role in skills and training programmes could cut youth unemployment by around 20% in just three years, the Local Government Association has found.
MPs have called for the Independent Police Complaints Commission to be reformed after finding the ‘woefully under-equipped’ watchdog does not have the trust of the public.
Energy minister Greg Barker has urged councils to become ‘agents’ for energy efficiency following the launch of the government’s landmark Green Deal programme.
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has announced plans to alter the referendum trigger for council tax rises after warning that charges from a ‘secret state’ of unelected local bodies were...
Debt-ridden South London Healthcare NHS Trust is to be broken up after Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said it continued to pose a risk to patients and place additional financial pressure on the rest of...
The National Audit Office has warned that funding cuts facing councils over the next two years will pose ‘increasing difficulties’ for town halls, and urged Whitehall to better understand the impact...
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has today announced plans to quicken construction of the £32.7bn high-speed rail line linking London to Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds.
The UK economy contracted by 0.3% in the last three months of 2012, threatening to push the country into a triple-dip recession, the Office for National Statistics revealed today
The Home Office has pledged to tackle a new backlog of more than 16,000 immigration cases identified by the chief inspector of borders and immigration in a report published today.
