Ministers have agreed to lead the public sector into its coming period of austerity by taking a 5% cut in salary, followed by a pay freeze for the rest of the parliamentary term
A while back, Ireland's economy was at risk of going the way of Greece. But drastic action to tackle the deficit – including public sector cutbacks – has begun to turn things around. Paul Gosling...
It is not surprising the electoral system has been a big issue this week, but few would have guessed reforms would have to incorporate the polling stations themselves. David Williams reports on a bad...
The Scottish Government’s chief economic adviser has defended the non-partisan role of the civil service after being challenged over a controversial report on spending cuts, published during the...
Teaching unions are calling on the new government to scrap Standard Assessment Tests for 10 and 11 year-olds following a boycott of the tests this week
The newly elected House of Commons has seen an increase in the number of privately educated MPs, leading to a profile that ‘does not reflect society at large’, according to research published today
Polling stations across the country were thrown into disarray last night after high turn-outs, thinly spread resources and large volumes of postal votes stretched the UK’s antiquated electoral system...
Regions are at risk of becoming ‘entrenched’ in a damaging public spending culture if nationalist parties are given too many concessions during the fight to secure a stable government, think-tanks...
Moving civil service administration posts abroad could save the biggest-spending Whitehall departments £50m a year, according to the consultancy industry’s trade body
In the election campaign, all the parties promised the public a starring role in running and vetting public services. But where’s the evidence that people want to be actors on this bigger stage?...
Reforms aimed at improving access to NHS dentists in England could be at risk of funding cuts despite their potential to save money in the long term, the architect of a major review has said
Two studies published this week have cast doubt over whether public sector managers will be able to curb staffing costs as they grapple with slashed budgets
The much-maligned Barnett Formula could offer some protection to the Welsh Assembly Government as it prepares for the most substantial spending cuts since devolution, Public Finance has learnt
Public health programmes are likely to be an easy target for NHS spending cuts, with new screening and vaccination programmes particularly vulnerable, professional leaders have warned
Taxpayers would like major changes in the running of public services to be tested out on ‘non-core’ areas before being rolled out, according to a survey by the 2020 Public Services Trust
