Controversial planned changes to the parliamentary constituency maps of England and Northern Ireland would not increase the costs of running elections, according to election expert John Turner.
The government confirmed today that it is considering spending more to protect the transport network in severe winter, after last December's snow cost the UK economy £280m a day.
Banks’ high street operations should be separated from their investment arms to reduce the risk of the system needing government bail-outs, a long awaited report into the future of UK banking...
Trades Union Congress general secretary Brendan Barber has admitted that he cannot predict whether it will be possible for the unions to strike a deal with the government on changes to public sector...
The UK’s economic recovery will remain ‘weak’ throughout the rest of 2011, but growth will improve in 2012, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has said.
The FDA and Prospect unions are to ballot on industrial action this autumn if the government does not rescind the proposed increase in civil servants’ pension contributions from April 2012.
The audit work of the outgoing Audit Commission will be outsourced in ten lots grouped in four English regions and valued at around £89.4m, it has been announced.
There has been a huge rise in insolvencies in the health and social care sector, with an increase of 49% in the first six months of this year alone, research shows.
Ministers are looking for private or voluntary sector bodies to take over the Fire Service College as public spending cuts have caused a slump in its revenue
Away from the sound and fury of the controversial NHS changes, another revolution is quietly taking place – the transfer of public health to town halls. Noel Plumridge looks at what this will mean...
A significant gap exists in procedures for monitoring the financial viability of firms that provide care for elderly people, CIPFA has warned the Scottish Parliament.
Giving local authorities control of Council Tax Benefit certainly fits in with ministers’ localism plans. But by combining it with a 10% grant cut, the coalition is also passing the buck for cutting...
