The government has pledged to press ahead with welfare reforms that would save £1.6bn, despite being defeated on the plans yesterday in the House of Lords.
The Public and Commercial Services union today confirmed its rejection of the government’s pension reform offer and threatened legal action if it is excluded from future negotiations.
The government has not done enough to address concerns that the Private Finance Initiative is being used to keep the cost of major infrastructure projects off its balance sheet, the Commons’ Treasury...
Almost two-thirds of public sector organisations nationwide expect to experience some disruption as a result of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to a survey published by BT...
Transport Secretary Justine Greening today confirmed that the government will go ahead with a £32.7bn high-speed rail line linking London to Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester.
Planned changes to the tax and benefit system will hit the incomes of families with children hardest and increase child poverty, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
The UK faces a ‘lost decade’ of house building unless the government demands more from developers, a think-tank has said. This should include greater conditions on the use of any public land released...
Two of the trade unions that suspended the agreement with government over changes to the local government pension scheme have announced that the reform deal is back on.
The government has reached agreement with most trade unions on the main points of public sector pension reform, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has confirmed.
The first ever Whole of Government Accounts are a ‘big step forward’ for public sector financial management despite being qualified by the National Audit Office last month, according to the Treasury’...
The Scottish Government plans to offload at least a quarter of its property over the next four years, and has hinted strongly that it wants councils and health authorities to follow suit.
‘Systemic failures’ in Revenue & Customs’ handling of tax disputes with large corporations have contributed to an outstanding tax bill of more than £25bn, MPs said today.
Unions and the government are likely to agree changes to local government pensions today, but deals on other public sector pension schemes will be ‘pretty difficult’ to achieve before Whitehall’s...
Unions have accused the government of resorting to ‘bullying tactics’ in the dispute over public sector pension reforms after two more government departments published planned staff contribution...
A senior local authority figure has warned ministers that plans for pension funds to invest in national infrastructure developments will not be approved ‘just to dig the government out of a hole’.
