Chancellor George Osborne has been warned that a reduction in the top rate of income tax would be a ‘distraction’ from the stimulus measures that need to be taken to boost the economy.
Ministers were today accused of imposing changes on public sector pensions after the Treasury said negotiations had concluded for all but the local government scheme.
Plans for Whitehall departments to save money by sharing back-office services have cost £500m more than projected, the National Audit Office revealed today.
Public services are ‘at risk of failure’ unless the civil service changes quickly and develops better financial management skills, the Institute for Government has warned.
Fire authorities across England have been awarded £74m to improve local rescue control rooms, after the government scrapped plans to regionalise the facilities.
Plans to cut spending at the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission are risky and based on ‘very uncertain’ estimates about future income, the National Audit Office warned today.
Government plans to give councils control of business rates include ‘perverse incentives’ that could slow down the approval of commercial developments in future years, the Centre for Cities has...
Further changes to how civil servants approach major projects will be needed to ensure they are completed on budget, an infrastructure expert has told Public Finance.
The Health and Social Care Bill is meant to help clinicians provide patients with better integrated local care services. But a growing chorus of critics think it will have the opposite effect. Who’s...
MPs today called on the government to do more to show that transport spending is being fairly spread across England, amid concerns that funds are being concentrated in London.
As the UK feels the pain of the harshest austerity package since the war, don’t expect any letup in George Osborne’s March Budget. Better get used to the new normal, says Tony Travers
Capita has been awarded a £250m civil service training contract on the understanding that at least half of the work will be put out to tender to small businesses.
Chancellor George Osborne has been urged to use next month’s Budget to end uncertainty over whether corporation tax powers will be devolved to Northern Ireland.
The public sector recorded a surplus of £7.8bn last month, as a result of high tax payments and reduced borrowing from councils, figures from the Office for National Statistics reveal.
The UK Border Agency is to be split in two after an inquiry revealed that border checks had been regularly suspended since 2007, Home Secretary Theresa May has announced.
