Decisions over benefit payments should be localised and welfare spending incorporated into pooled area-based budgets, the government has been told today
The government today confirmed that there would be no revaluation of council tax bands in England during the current Parliament, prompting criticism that the levy is becoming discredited
Not all cuts have to be bad, sometimes you can get more for less – and that’s particularly the case with procurement, argues Paul O'Brien. Some councils have already found new ways
to make the most...
David Cameron's Big Society could radically change the way services are delivered, and help councils empower communities. But the bad news for the chancellor is that it's unlikely to save much money...
A decisive shift towards Total Place-style budgeting is widely expected to be included in next month’s Comprehensive Spending Review, Public Finance has learned.
Means-tested grants are failing to encourage students from poor backgrounds to go to the UK’s top universities, prompting calls for them to be replaced if tuition fees rise.
Establishing the Office for Budget Responsibility was a 'risky' move, MPs said today, and its reputation will stand or fall on its independence from the Treasury
Ministry of Defence officials did not understand the costs involved when they launched their largest Private Finance Initiative project, a damning report by the Public Accounts Committee has found.
The government's data-sharing revolution has begun and armchair auditors have an array of website weapons to choose from. This is not a threat to the public sector but an opportunity for greater...
Ministers have hugely ambitious infrastructure plans. The only problem is they don't intend to pay for them. With capital spending being cut at an unprecedented rate, can the private sector step up...
