Charities have broadly welcomed indications that ministers are attempting to remove some of the obstacles they face in entering the public service market
Major doubts have been cast on the government's plans for a mass mutualisation of public services, with scepticism over both staff appetite for and the viability of the model
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude would like as many as one in six public servants to take co-ownership of the body they work for by 2015, he told Public Finance in an exclusive interview
MPs today condemned a 'cycle of failure' at the Ministry of Defence after finding that £8bn had been wasted on just four projects in the past year. They also criticised the department's short-term...
A moratorium on public sector IT projects could mean the government is missing out on opportunities to improve services and save money, ministers have been warned.
The Treasury has deployed a team of commercial and legal experts to scrutinise current Private Finance Initiative contracts in an attempt to find new savings.
The voluntary and private sectors are trailing behind the public sector in attempting to tackle fraud, prompting questions over their ability to take on greater public funds as part of the Big...
Prime Minister David Cameron has defended his government’s controversial Big Society programme today, saying it was his ‘absolute passion’ and calling for ‘social recovery’ in Britain.
NHS leaders have told MPs that competition on price between public and private health providers would not be safe, and should be introduced only in limited circumstances over a long time period
Treasury plans to increase employee contributions to public sector pensions risk ‘breaking’ the system by prompting a mass exodus of members, the chief of one of the UK’s major schemes has warned.
Finance Secretary John Swinney has rejected claims that the Scottish Government failed to provide the UK Treasury with any detailed analysis of its case for full financial autonomy
MPs have condemned the ‘mishandling’ of a Private Finance Initiative project to widen the M25 motorway, estimating the scheme could potentially cost an extra £1bn more as a result.
Councils in three of England's biggest cities have linked up to propose an alternative to the current 'broken' local government finance system, with the aim of increasing self-sufficiency
Chancellor George Osborne is risking his credibility by failing to indicate what he would do if the economy performed significantly less well than forecast, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said...
Could housing associations do more to boost efficiency in the age of austerity? Waqar Ahmed thinks so. But the group finance director at L&Q tells PF that the government must do its bit too
The highest-earning households will lose most from the changes to taxes and benefits that are due to come into effect in April, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
