Business Secretary Vince Cable today announced £1bn in government funding for a state-backed ‘British Business Bank’ to increase lending to small- and medium-sized firms.
Public sector net borrowing hit a record £14.41bn in August, the Office for National Statistics revealed today, compared with £14.37bn at the same time last year.
More than a third of council leaders and chief executives believe all local services could be outsourced to alternative providers, according to a survey.
The government has today published legislation to bring in its controversial reforms to public sector pensions, which ministers claim will save £65bn over the next 50 years.
MPs on the transport select committee have called for councils to be given more control over local bus services to allow them to set service standards, timetables and fares.
Former Kent County Council chief executive Katherine Kerswell has joined the Cabinet Office as director general for civil service reform to take forward the government’s plans for Whitehall.
Public servants are having to navigate the twists and turns of government policy as part of ministers’ efforts to increase Whitehall’s financial skills
Business Secretary Vince Cable today announced plans for a state-backed ‘business bank’ and long-term partnership with industry as part of the coalition’s industrial strategy.
Hardly any of the £1.4bn Regional Growth Fund has been spent and Whitehall has little idea of whether it will provide value for money, the Commons Public Accounts Committee has found
The two largest teaching unions in England and Wales are set to take industrial action later this month in response to what they say are attacks on the profession by the government.
The success of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games has shown what public investment and planning can achieve, Trades Union Congress general secretary Brendan Barber has said
Tony Blair tried it and still has the scars on his back. Now the coalition is having a go at reforming Whitehall. Civil service chief Sir Bob Kerslake tells Richard Johnstone why this time it will...
Prime Minister David Cameron today revealed a series of relaxations to planning rules to boost housebuilding, including removing developers’ obligations to councils to provide affordable homes.
