Excessive promotions for senior civil servants have increased Whitehall’s pay bill by 10% even though employee numbers have fallen, the National Audit Office has found.
The Big Society will have failed unless the number of ministers is slashed during the Parliament, the Commons public administration select committee said today.
Today's Hutton report has failed to address widespread concern that the imminent rise in employee pension contributions will lead to a mass opt-out from the Local Government Pension Scheme
Concerns among local authorities that the 2001 census under-counted migrant communities have led to the deployment of 41 community advisers in this month’s £480m exercise
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport 'salami-sliced' the budgets of its arm's-length bodies without calculating the financial consequences, a National Audit Office investigation has found
Final salary pension schemes in the public sector should end and a cap be put on the amount taxpayers contribute, according to Lord Hutton’s review of pensions, published today.
Private firms that provide public services in Scotland should be subject to Freedom of Information laws, according to the watchdog that oversees rules on disclosure
Poor communication between government officials and scientific advisers have hampered responses to emergencies and caused confusion, a parliamentary committee has said.
Or perhaps not. With the pensions landscape in a state of flux, and the Hutton commission likely to recommend major changes, many public sector pension rewards might soon be blown away
The government is committed both to boosting overseas aid and ensuring the money is spent well. And that's where the new Independent Commission for Aid Impact comes in. Lucy Phillips reports
