MPs have called for the National Offender Management Service to be reviewed after finding that it had led an 'incoherent' tendering process for some probation services.
Although the previous government's Total Place scheme looks set to continue, albeit in a watered-down form, the route ahead is a challenging one. Lucy Phillips examines the obstacles that are...
The government confirmed that it plans to introduce a presumption in favour of sustainable developments as it launched its new national planning policy.
Labour has accused the Scottish Government of failing to live up to a promise to pay all its employees at least the ‘Living Wage’, the minimum income campaigners say is needed for a decent quality of...
A leading Private Finance Initiative expert has cast doubt on whether the government will achieve its plans to cut £1.5bn from the cost of the projects.
Primary school pupils should be given career advice and encouraged to plan for university, Liberal Democrat deputy leader Simon Hughes has recommended.
Public service ombudsmen are to be given expanded roles as part of the government's public service reforms for England, Prime Minister David Cameron said yesterday.
The government has published its delayed plans to open up public services to new providers, with Prime Minister David Cameron saying that the government will 'bring an end to the "top-down, get what...
The social care regulator has said it will ensure that Southern Cross care homes continue to be operated to essential standards following the company’s collapse.
As chamberlain of the City of London, CIPFA's incoming president is accustomed to holding a position of power and prestige. Chris Bilsland talks to PF about 'the best financial position in the public...
Community Budgets represent a 'step back' from the Total Place initiative begun under the previous government, Lord Bichard told CIPFA delegates in Birmingham yesterday.
Fragmentation of service provision will make it harder than ever to check on value for money, Public Accounts Committee chair Margaret Hodge told the CIPFA conference this morning.
Political pundit Simon Hoggart kicked off CIPFA's annual conference last night with a humorous account of the state of UK politics, branding most politicians 'bonkers' and insisting that every party...
