The government's first estimates of how many people work in Whitehall and related bodies show that 640,000 are on the central government payroll, and a further 20,000 are contractual or temporary...
The government should exhaust every form of progressive taxation before reducing public spending, or it will risk passing a disproportionate amount of pain on to people on low incomes, a think-tank...
The June 22 Budget will herald major spending cuts to tackle the country's debt crisis. But there is also a wider strategic goal, argues Colin Talbot - and it's called rolling back the 'Big State'
The government has announced it will cut £2bn worth of projects deemed unaffordable or not representing good value for money, as part of its bid to reduce public spending as quickly as possible
The government should initiate regional public debates that are streamed live around the country to help build consensus on where spending cuts should fall, according to a report out today
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has argued that cuts to benefits and public sector pay and pensions are the most progressive option available to the government
Funding cuts could have ‘devastating’ effects on local government and harm the most needed services, warned the incoming chair of the Commons local government select committee
The new education secretary has hit the playground running, with legislation on free schools and fast-track academies. But what does this mean for school rebuilds, special educational needs and the...
Former Audit Commission chief executive Steve Bundred said he had 'one more big job left in him' – and he got it. The new chair of rapidly expanding NHS regulator Monitor talks to Lucy Phillips about...
Sir Nicholas Montagu, a leading civil servant for more than 20 years, today set out his principles for handling ‘a more difficult financial situation than we have seen in any of our lifetimes’
A deficit-slashing former Swedish prime minister has recommended that the UK government should start to cut spending and reform public services as soon as possible
The ‘brightest and best’ public sector experts will be placed on a Spending Review challenge group to propose innovative ways to cut costs, Chancellor George Osborne has told Parliament
The coalition government will be plagued by tensions but is likely to ride out a five-year term, according to the former leader of the Liberal Democrats
