As local authorities struggle to finalise their budgets, one thing is clear. The end of ring-fenced funds might give councils more freedom but it is going to hit the voluntary sector hard
Ministers have revealed plans to sell off the majority of England’s forests currently in public ownership, insisting that the best known will be protected.
The government borrowed less than expected last year, leaving it on course to meet its target for the 2010/11 financial year, according to official figures out today.
A leading public sector human resources director has called for more help from the government to enable councils to save money through shared services and pooled budgets.
Disputes between the devolved nations and Whitehall over funding issues should be resolved independently and not by the Treasury, the author of the review into Welsh funding and finance has said.
Prime Minister David Cameron has sought to reassure public sector staff over the pace and scale of reform by attacking the approach taken by previous Conservative governments.
The Public and Commercial Services union has broken ranks with other civil service unions and rejected the government’s changes to Whitehall redundancy pay.
The ‘least damaging’ way to implement radical reforms to Council Tax Benefit would be to minimise the role of local authorities, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said today.
Moves to simplify financial reporting at the Department for Transport must not lead to spending information being concealed from public view, MPs warned today.
MPs have issued a damning verdict on the coalition government's drive to cut the cost and number of quangos, saying it will neither save money nor improve accountability.
Public service reforms are being rushed through with little evidence to support them and also risk being undermined by spending cuts, say workers and voluntary organisations
Tony Redmond, former chair of the Commission for Local Administration in England and local government ombudsman, has been knighted in the latest round of honours
New jobs in the public sector hit a record low last month, at less than half the level recorded in December 2009, latest figures show. But demand for qualified accountants continues to rise.
Seven out of seventeen Northern Ireland Government departments have had their finances qualified this year, with millions of pounds of public money not properly accounted for.
