The Home Office is to investigate the extent of the threat posed by organised crime to public services procured by councils as part of a government anti-corruption drive.
Councils in England will face an average cut in spending power of 1.8% in 2015/16, local government minister Kris Hopkins has announced, but London boroughs and urban authorities will face larger...
An independent review has urged the government to reform the process of state privatisations after finding that the controversial sell-off of the Royal Mail could potentially have raised an extra £...
Chancellor George Osborne has announced the government will step up the privatisation of Lloyds by adopting a six-month trading plan to sell more of the state-owned shares in the bailed-out bank.
Local government secretary Eric Pickles has named the former chief fire and rescue adviser for England Sir Ken Knight as the lead commissioner in the government’s intervention into Tower Hamlets.
The coalition has reduced the period over which the government must forecast a balanced budget from five years to three, meaning an extra £30bn of spending cuts or tax rises will be needed to close...
The government’s new pensioner bonds will pay interest at 2.8% for a one-year bond and 4% for a three-year bond, Chancellor George Osborne has announced.
The Sheffield city region has agreed a devolution deal with Whitehall that will give the combined authority more power over economic development, transport, skills and housing, Deputy Prime Minister...
Auditor general Amyas Morse has given a clear audit opinion to the financial statement of the Courts and Tribunals Service for the first time due to significant improvements in its reporting on fines...
The next Labour government would save more than £500m from council funding by expanding shared service schemes across local authorities, senior figures have announced.
Ed Miliband has warned that a Labour government elected next May would need to cut government spending every year until the current budget deficit in the public finances is closed.
Greater clarity over the accountability and expectations of public bodies is vital amid government reforms to the delivery of public services, the head of a government-backed improvement initiative...
Spending cuts on a ‘colossal scale’ are being made in a bid to get the public finances into balance by 2018/19, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said.
Almost 90% of NHS finance managers believe that the additional £2bn for the health service next year is insufficient, according to a snap survey carried out by the Healthcare Financial Management...
The government will create a sovereign wealth fund for the North of England so that shale gas revenues in the region can be used to invest in its own economic growth, George Osborne has announced.
The government has pledged that reforms to the system of business rates initiated by George Osborne in the Autumn Statement will not impact on the finances of local authorities.
The UK public finances are on track to be in surplus by 2018/19, despite upward revisions to borrowing forecasts for this year and next, Chancellor George Osborne said in today’s Autumn Statement.
Central government is to be involved in the development and sale of homes on public land for the first time in a generation under plans announced by Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander as...
The government has published details of a £15bn road investment plan to fund more than 100 improvement schemes as part of a tripling of spending on highway upgrades to 2020.
Chancellor George Osborne will be forced to revise up borrowing for the current financial year by £9bn in this week’s Autumn Statement, as stronger growth has not led to revenue increases, the EY...
Local government minister Kris Hopkins has today awarded grants to 73 public service integration schemes that are expected to lead to more than £900m in efficiencies across the public sector.
Plans to devolve a host of fiscal powers to the Scottish Parliament, including full retention of income tax, make it more important than ever to replace the Barnett formula used to determine levels...
Auditors say the Department for Education is not able to hold local authorities to account for their spending on children in care because central government does not have indicators to measure the...
Councils should be able to borrow from the Public Works Loan Board to fund revenue spending on projects to integrate local services, an independent expert panel has recommended.
The government’s flagship Universal Credit welfare reform has begun to accept claims from families as part of the phased rollout of the controversial scheme to create a single benefit from six...
