Councils have criticised the latest publication of adoption scorecards by the government, warning that the data could lead to ‘misleading’ comparisons between authorities.
Chancellor George Osborne should use next week’s Autumn Statement to freeze spending on public sector pay, benefits and international aid and ignore calls to extend wealth taxes, the Centre for...
The government has defended its flagship scheme to find jobs for unemployed people, although only 2.3% of those taking part in the Work Programme found long-term employment in its first year.
Councils have limited room to turn round struggling schools, they claimed today after Ofsted highlighted ‘stark’ variations between local authority areas and called for more intervention from town...
The Institute for Fiscal Studies has added its voice to speculation that the chancellor will have to ditch his debt-reduction target in next week’s Autumn Statement.
Plans to reform the civil service risk undermining the impartiality of advice offered to ministers and could lead to ‘cronyism’, a House of Lords committee warned today.
Real incomes in the UK have fallen since the recession hit in 2008, the Office for National Statistics has revealed in its first national wellbeing report.
Prime Minister David Cameron plans to restrict the right to seek judicial review of government policy, saying that many of the legal challenges are ‘completely pointless’.
The chancellor should use the upcoming Autumn Statement to end the council tax freeze for the most valuable properties and introduce two extra bands at the top of the scale, according to the liberal...
Education Secretary Michael Gove has urged local authorities to take more at-risk children into care, saying an increase in young people being looked after by councils was not a cause for concern.
Police and crime commissioners have been urged to work closely with local councillors following a ‘disappointing’ turnout in the first elections for the post held yesterday.
The Treasury’s slow reaction to the financial crisis meant that taxpayer losses were almost inevitable following the nationalisation of Northern Rock bank, the Public Accounts Committee has said.
The executive director of the Government Property Unit has said the costs of Whitehall’s Private Finance Initiative buildings ‘stick in my throat’ and he hopes to reopen the...
The UK can learn lessons from how Sweden tackled its financial crisis in the early 1990s as it tries to reduce both unemployment and its budget deficit, the Institute for Public Policy Research said...
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has published details of the NHS Commissioning Board, which takes on responsibility for the health service from next April.
