Public officials are calling on the Cabinet and Opposition to reveal how they plan to close the fiscal gap, after the Pre-Budget Report underlined the depth of the crisis without fully detailing how...
Public sector bodies were left in suspense over their future funding after Chancellor Alistair Darling refused to set out spending plans beyond 2010/11 in his Pre-Budget Report on December 9
The prime minister has pledged a further £3bn in efficiency savings through what he said would be a radical transformation of Whitehall and of local service provision
In the Pre-Budget Report, the chancellor must consider cutting non-essential public services and make sure others are being provided efficiently – even if this means outsourcing, argues Jon Sibson
First Minister Alex Salmond has vowed to press ahead with his controversial referendum Bill on independence for Scotland after rejecting opposition parties’ claims that it is a ‘multimillion-pound...
Central government should be given more powers to intervene in large-scale public sector IT projects to avoid costly failures, according to a think-tank
The recession is forcing all parts of the UK public sector to enter into shared service arrangements, according to a CIPFA survey of finance and resources directors
Enhancing the role of local government could improve the quality of MPs, who otherwise lack managerial experience, a prominent Conservative council leader has said
Revenue and Customs has wasted
more than £300m on a private sector contract to run two-thirds of its estate, according to a damning report by the National Audit Office
The government will set out plans to rationalise funding of public services alongside measures to slash the fiscal deficit in the Pre-Budget Report on December 9
Ahead of next week’s Pre-Budget Report, Public Finance convened a round table to debate the risks and possibilities in trying to deliver more from less public spending. Judy Hirst reports on the good...
An extra £100m has been made available to pay for an urgent expansion in primary school places across England, raising the total funding allocated to £300m
Shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Philip Hammond has said the Conservatives would transfer the management of the government’s property assets to a separate publicly owned company
A prominent Conservative council leader has cast doubt over the quality of the shadow Cabinet, suggesting they are not experienced enough to run a country
The public sector should have introduced a pay and recruitment freeze last year and must now curb final-salary pensions, the director general of the British Chambers of Commerce has claimed
Shadow chancellor George Osborne has indicated how the Conservatives would tackle climate change and stimulate investment in new green technologies and jobs
