Is it right to spend public money on major sporting events, such as the Commonwealth Games and Ryder Cup, at a time of financial austerity? Public Finance and Northern Trust recently hosted a debate...
Investing public money in major sports events has many benefits for the wider community, town hall chiefs agreed at a PF/Northern Trust Scottish dinner debate
Government farm inspections are not streamlined or joined up and would provide better value for money if their resources were more effectively targeted, the National Audit Office has said.
Reforms to the Private Finance Initiative are aimed at ending the current ‘trench warfare’ between the public and private sectors over running costs, the head of Infrastructure UK has said.
MSPs have asked the Scottish Government for more information on its capital investment plans, saying the lack of detail makes it difficult to determine which projects will contribute to economic...
Councils see mutual organisations as a ‘credible’ way of providing public services, the head of the Cabinet Office’s Mutual Support Programme has told Public Finance.
The government’s plans for public spending cuts over the next five years are beginning to look ‘close to inconceivable’, with further tax rises or benefits cuts likely, the Institute for Fiscal...
Virgin Trains’ contract to run services on the West Coast mainline has been extended until November 2014, following the scrapping of the original award to rival operator First Group.
England’s road network will be improved under Chancellor George Osborne’s plans for a ‘revolution’ in Britain’s infrastructure, but he has been criticised for cutting departmental spending to pay for...
The government has ditched plans for local pay in the civil service, NHS and Prison Service, but will consult on giving schools more power to set salaries in line with performance, Chancellor George...
The cost of hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London this summer is likely to be below the £9.3bn budgeted for the events, the National Audit Office said today.
Business bosses have urged Chancellor George Osborne to boost capital spending in tomorrow’s Autumn Statement by unlocking private investment and reallocating government spending towards...
The English NHS could face a £54bn funding gap in 2021/22 if it fails to meet its efficiency targets and government spending remains constrained, the Nuffield Trust has warned.
Revenue & Customs is not doing enough to tackle tax avoidance by multinational companies and needs to be more ‘aggressive and assertive’, MPs said today.
Chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has announced that the government will provide an extra £120m of funding for flood defences following the heavy rainfall across England and Wales in...
