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4 Feb 15
Commissioners are to be sent in to run all the executive functions of Rotherham Borough Council following a damning report into the authority’s governance.
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22 Jan 15
Eric Pickles has appointed a former Audit Commission senior official and a council leader and chief executive to an expert group tasked with helping Birmingham City Council implement a wide-ranging...
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20 Nov 14
A parliamentary inquiry into the effectiveness of scrutiny arrangements in councils run by cabinets or mayors is needed after a number of high-profile failings, a senior MP has said.
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31 Oct 14
Care minister Norman Lamb has revealed that an expanded version of the government’s flagship Better Care Fund will be the likely mechanism to fully integrate health and care spending across the...
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21 Oct 14
Giving UK cities more powers and financial autonomy could boost the economy by up to £79bn a year, the independent City Growth Commission has found.
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9 Oct 14
The gap between public and private sector pay that opened up during the recession has been closed as a result of Chancellor George Osborne’s restrictions, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found.
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28 Jul 14
Councils have called for local communities to be given as much as 10% of the revenues from local shale gas initiatives after the government opened up the bidding processes for fracking sites.
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10 Jul 14
Changes to the government’s flagship Better Care Fund, which could see funding diverted to hospitals, are needed to ensure the scheme is effective, health minister Dr Dan Poulter has said.
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7 Jul 14
The government today signed growth deals with each of the 39 local enterprise partnerships in England under the £2bn single pot reforms for economic development, but more than £250m...
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29 May 14
Government plans to integrate public services and spending mean it is vital that reforms are also made to the regime for dealing with complaints about poor provision, the Whitehall ombudsman has said.
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25 Apr 14
Increased fiscal devolution to cities is a ‘necessity’ to boost the growth rate of the UK, a leading economist examining plans to increase the powers of municipalities has told Public...
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15 Apr 14
A financial crisis in the NHS is drawing closer, with one in eight trusts and clinical commissioning groups likely to have overspent their budgets for the year just ended, the King’s Fund said today.
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31 Mar 14
Taxpayers lost out after the government set an overly cautious share price for the privatisation of Royal Mail in order to ensure the sale went ahead, the National Audit Office has said.
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4 Mar 14
London is leading the way in reducing council tax, with an average 0.4% cut announced by the capital’s boroughs for the 2014/15 financial year.
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23 Jan 14
CIPFA and the Local Government Association have today announced their intention to create of an independent commission to examine the future of local government finance.
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24 Dec 13
The government has written to councils to confirm the Bellwin compensation scheme to support areas hit by flooding has been activated, and ministers also called for assurances that town halls are...
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19 Nov 13
Security firm G4S has issued the Ministry of Justice with £23.3m in credit notes after it acknowledged it charged for monitoring electronic tags when equipment had not been fitted or had been removed
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30 Sep 13
Chancellor George Osborne has set out plans for a new fiscal rule to achieve a surplus in the public finances by 2020
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12 Sep 13
A series of infrastructure projects intended to boost economic growth have been given the go-ahead in Preston after the city agreed the first of the second round of City Deals with government...
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23 Aug 13
The Treasury is to increase the size of the Coastal Communities Fund by 5% to £29m next year, it announced today.
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17 Jul 13
Auditors have qualified the 2011/12 Whole of Government Accounts for the third successive year, this time on six grounds
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11 Jul 13
Lord Heseltine has described the government’s proposed funding for the local growth pot as a ‘significant start’, despite it being well below the figure recommended in his No stone unturned report
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28 Jun 13
Labour is re-examining the level of business rates and the way they are set, shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna has revealed
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19 Jun 13
Pay deals for top civil servants are becoming so ‘financially unattractive’ that it is increasingly difficult to retain talented people in Whitehall, the National Audit Office warned today.
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30 May 13
Whitehall’s finance function could undergo further reform as part of coalition efforts to modernise the civil service, Sir Bob Kerslake has revealed.
4 Feb 15Commissioners are to be sent in to run all the executive functions of Rotherham Borough Council following a damning report into the authority’s governance.
22 Jan 15Eric Pickles has appointed a former Audit Commission senior official and a council leader and chief executive to an expert group tasked with helping Birmingham City Council implement a wide-ranging...
20 Nov 14A parliamentary inquiry into the effectiveness of scrutiny arrangements in councils run by cabinets or mayors is needed after a number of high-profile failings, a senior MP has said.
31 Oct 14Care minister Norman Lamb has revealed that an expanded version of the government’s flagship Better Care Fund will be the likely mechanism to fully integrate health and care spending across the...
21 Oct 14Giving UK cities more powers and financial autonomy could boost the economy by up to £79bn a year, the independent City Growth Commission has found.
9 Oct 14The gap between public and private sector pay that opened up during the recession has been closed as a result of Chancellor George Osborne’s restrictions, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found.
28 Jul 14Councils have called for local communities to be given as much as 10% of the revenues from local shale gas initiatives after the government opened up the bidding processes for fracking sites.
10 Jul 14Changes to the government’s flagship Better Care Fund, which could see funding diverted to hospitals, are needed to ensure the scheme is effective, health minister Dr Dan Poulter has said.
7 Jul 14The government today signed growth deals with each of the 39 local enterprise partnerships in England under the £2bn single pot reforms for economic development, but more than £250m...
29 May 14Government plans to integrate public services and spending mean it is vital that reforms are also made to the regime for dealing with complaints about poor provision, the Whitehall ombudsman has said.
15 Apr 14A financial crisis in the NHS is drawing closer, with one in eight trusts and clinical commissioning groups likely to have overspent their budgets for the year just ended, the King’s Fund said today.
31 Mar 14Taxpayers lost out after the government set an overly cautious share price for the privatisation of Royal Mail in order to ensure the sale went ahead, the National Audit Office has said.
4 Mar 14London is leading the way in reducing council tax, with an average 0.4% cut announced by the capital’s boroughs for the 2014/15 financial year.
23 Jan 14CIPFA and the Local Government Association have today announced their intention to create of an independent commission to examine the future of local government finance.
24 Dec 13The government has written to councils to confirm the Bellwin compensation scheme to support areas hit by flooding has been activated, and ministers also called for assurances that town halls are...
19 Nov 13Security firm G4S has issued the Ministry of Justice with £23.3m in credit notes after it acknowledged it charged for monitoring electronic tags when equipment had not been fitted or had been removed
30 Sep 13Chancellor George Osborne has set out plans for a new fiscal rule to achieve a surplus in the public finances by 2020
12 Sep 13A series of infrastructure projects intended to boost economic growth have been given the go-ahead in Preston after the city agreed the first of the second round of City Deals with government...
23 Aug 13The Treasury is to increase the size of the Coastal Communities Fund by 5% to £29m next year, it announced today.
17 Jul 13Auditors have qualified the 2011/12 Whole of Government Accounts for the third successive year, this time on six grounds
11 Jul 13Lord Heseltine has described the government’s proposed funding for the local growth pot as a ‘significant start’, despite it being well below the figure recommended in his No stone unturned report
28 Jun 13Labour is re-examining the level of business rates and the way they are set, shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna has revealed
19 Jun 13Pay deals for top civil servants are becoming so ‘financially unattractive’ that it is increasingly difficult to retain talented people in Whitehall, the National Audit Office warned today.
30 May 13Whitehall’s finance function could undergo further reform as part of coalition efforts to modernise the civil service, Sir Bob Kerslake has revealed.
