Economists have said detailed financial plans in the Liberal Democrat manifesto do not give a complete enough picture of what they would do if they formed the next government.
The squeeze on public spending means health inequalities between the rich and poor are unlikely to be bridged for another decade, a leading think-tank has warned.
Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru has made its pitch for the general election, claiming to be the only party that would protect public services in Wales.
A hung Parliament would offer a ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ to secure strategic gains for unionism, the leader of Northern Ireland’s main unionist party has said.
Next PM, please take note: whichever way you cut it, Whitehall is going to need a radical shake-up to cope with the upheavals ahead. The Institute for Government has got a to-do list. Simon Parker...
National Insurance policy remains the main economic dividing line between Labour and the Conservatives after both parties published election manifestos short on public spending detail
The local elections should attract a large number of voters thanks to the simultaneous national elections. And that could lead to some strange results. David Williams reports
Forecasts of an unprecedented £3bn cut in Scottish public services over the next three years are unreliable, an expert on public finance has told a budget review panel
The government should hand over responsibility for the road network to citizens through shares that would generate money through road tolls, according to a think-tank report
Figures hailed by the government as ‘vindicating’ its efforts to tackle the recession should be treated with caution, a leading economist has told Public Finance.
Flagship government plans to provide free personal care for those with the greatest need are in doubt following a pre-election deal with the Opposition.
Public services in Scotland will need to be restricted or withdrawn as part of a redefined relationship between the state and the individual, an influential budget review group has been told.
The government now owns billions of pounds worth of banks in the UK, which it will have to restore to the private sector at some point. But when, how and what should the taxpayer get back? PF...
The Audit Commission’s new chief executive has defended the £225,000 salary of his predecessor, despite mounting political pressure to restrain excessive pay in the public sector
Chancellor Alistair Darling declined to rule out real-terms cuts to benefits payments this morning after pressure from MPs to explain how he plans to bring down the fiscal deficit
The outgoing chair of the Commons Public Accounts Committee has told Whitehall it could save billions of pounds without touching frontline services by stripping out bureaucracy, adopting more...
