Senior MPs this week criticised the government's flagship academy schools programme for failing to control costs, with almost two-thirds of the first buildings running over budget.
Schools in Northern Ireland must ask for proof of parents' addresses if there is a 'general knowledge or belief' that some are giving false details, the Department of Education has said.
The new chancellor's first Pre-Budget Report forecast a temporary dip in revenue and slowed the growth in spending. Both of these pose risks for the government's grand plans for public services
Local Government and Communities Secretary Hazel Blears is under pressure to sign up to an 'accord' to eradicate child poverty, after Chancellor Alistair Darling's Comprehensive Spending Review...
Louise Casey, the government's 'respect' czar, is leaving her post to head a review into ways of involving local communities in anti-crime initiatives.
The Scottish government plans to fund an increasing number of public sector projects through a bond issue scheme instead of the Private Finance Initiative, Finance Secretary John Swinney told MSPs.
Efforts to reduce the administrative burden on teachers and allow them to spend more time with their pupils have borne fruit, education inspectors claimed this week.
Town hall leaders are warning of cuts to services and jobs after the government's long-awaited Comprehensive Spending Review and Pre-Budget Report this week gave them a meagre 0.9% annual funding...
The Equality and Human Rights Commission came into being this month, bringing all equality issues under one roof. Is this a great leap forward in the fight against discrimination or a messy merger of...
David Cameron pledged a new era of 'freedom and control' for users of public services and challenged Gordon Brown to call an election in his speech to the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool...
Town halls and trade unions are demanding that the Department for Communities and Local Government expands a one-off capitalisation of revenues to help councils meet £3bn in equal pay claims across...
he shock waves from Northern Rock continue to reverberate throughout the British economy. But what do the financial upheavals mean for public sector organisations and employees? Paul Gosling delves...
The Comprehensive Spending Review is imminent but Chief Secretary to the Treasury Andy Burnham still has some juggling to do not least to find the funding for the PM's new plans for public services...
Plans by the Scottish government to freeze council tax and cut business rates will cost more than £1.3bn over the next three years, according to a leading public finance commentator and former...
The government's forthcoming ten-year strategy for children must address the educational needs of the most disadvantaged and disaffected youngsters, experts said this week.
The government's move towards 'lighter-touch' regulation in adult social care creates new concerns, a senior inspector told delegates at the CIPFA social care finance conference on September 24.
Experts from across government, education, business and the public sector are being brought together to draw up a strategy for adult education in the UK.
