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19 Jan 12
Unions representing nurses and midwives have called on the government to ditch the Health and Social Care Bill
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16 Jan 12
The 710,000 public sector job losses now expected by 2017 will hit the devolved nations and the Northeast hardest, the Trades Union Congress said today.
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16 Jan 12
The government’s approach to providing and funding public services is ‘not appropriate for the modern day’, the Local Government Association said today.
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11 Jan 12
The Public and Commercial Services union today confirmed its rejection of the government’s pension reform offer and threatened legal action if it is excluded from future negotiations.
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11 Jan 12
The government has not done enough to address concerns that the Private Finance Initiative is being used to keep the cost of major infrastructure projects off its balance sheet, the Commons’ Treasury...
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9 Jan 12
The Unite trade union has rejected the government’s reform proposals for local government pensions, blaming a crisis of confidence and trust in Communities Secretary Eric Pickles.
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6 Jan 12
Plans to allow councils to retain a share of their business rates could disadvantage areas where service need suddenly increases, according to a group of 46 municipal local authorities.
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5 Jan 12
Successful integration of health and social care requires a strong lead from the government, according to two health think-tanks.
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4 Jan 12
Planned changes to the tax and benefit system will hit the incomes of families with children hardest and increase child poverty, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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22 Dec 11
The UK faces a ‘lost decade’ of house building unless the government demands more from developers, a think-tank has said. This should include greater conditions on the use of any public land released...
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22 Dec 11
The UK economy faces a ‘bleak’ 2012 as the eurozone crisis and a lack of domestic demand combine to leave it on the brink of recession, the Institute of Public Policy Research said today.
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21 Dec 11
MPs have condemned the government’s ‘panicked’ and ‘clumsy’ changes to its solar power subsidy scheme.
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20 Dec 11
The government has reached agreement with most trade unions on the main points of public sector pension reform, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has confirmed.
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20 Dec 11
The first ever Whole of Government Accounts are a ‘big step forward’ for public sector financial management despite being qualified by the National Audit Office last month, according to the Treasury’...
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19 Dec 11
‘Systemic failures’ in Revenue & Customs’ handling of tax disputes with large corporations have contributed to an outstanding tax bill of more than £25bn, MPs said today.
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19 Dec 11
Plans for councils to keep a share of business rates and to borrow against future income to support infrastructure projects have been formally announced today, ahead of the Local Government Finance...
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15 Dec 11
MPs today asked the National Audit Office to review the government’s controversial decision to award a major train building contract to German firm Siemens over a bid based in Derby.
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13 Dec 11
The lack of checks on small-scale spending across police forces poses a ‘major risk’ to public money and could damage the reputation of the police service itself, inspectors have warned.
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9 Dec 11
Almost a third of councils have potential risks or weaknesses in their financial controls, according to a survey published by Grant Thornton today.
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7 Dec 11
Councils should take action sooner rather than later to cut their workforce costs without having to make widespread compulsory redundancies, the Audit Commission said today.
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5 Dec 11
There is a ‘real risk’ that preparations for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will cost more than the £9.3bn of public money set aside for the event, the National Audit Office warned...
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5 Dec 11
Six councils have been short-listed for the government’s Community Budget pilots, which will pool all sources of local funding.
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2 Dec 11
Trade unions are set to appeal after the High Court today ruled that the government’s change of inflation index for public sector pensions was legal.
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1 Dec 11
Negotiations over changes to public sector pension reforms have restarted today, following yesterday’s strike over the plans.
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28 Nov 11
This week’s public sector strikes will go ahead, with ‘no chance whatever’ of a deal before the walkout on Wednesday, the general secretary of Unison has said.
19 Jan 12Unions representing nurses and midwives have called on the government to ditch the Health and Social Care Bill
16 Jan 12The 710,000 public sector job losses now expected by 2017 will hit the devolved nations and the Northeast hardest, the Trades Union Congress said today.
16 Jan 12The government’s approach to providing and funding public services is ‘not appropriate for the modern day’, the Local Government Association said today.
11 Jan 12The Public and Commercial Services union today confirmed its rejection of the government’s pension reform offer and threatened legal action if it is excluded from future negotiations.
11 Jan 12The government has not done enough to address concerns that the Private Finance Initiative is being used to keep the cost of major infrastructure projects off its balance sheet, the Commons’ Treasury...
9 Jan 12The Unite trade union has rejected the government’s reform proposals for local government pensions, blaming a crisis of confidence and trust in Communities Secretary Eric Pickles.
6 Jan 12Plans to allow councils to retain a share of their business rates could disadvantage areas where service need suddenly increases, according to a group of 46 municipal local authorities.
5 Jan 12Successful integration of health and social care requires a strong lead from the government, according to two health think-tanks.
4 Jan 12Planned changes to the tax and benefit system will hit the incomes of families with children hardest and increase child poverty, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
22 Dec 11The UK faces a ‘lost decade’ of house building unless the government demands more from developers, a think-tank has said. This should include greater conditions on the use of any public land released...
22 Dec 11The UK economy faces a ‘bleak’ 2012 as the eurozone crisis and a lack of domestic demand combine to leave it on the brink of recession, the Institute of Public Policy Research said today.
21 Dec 11MPs have condemned the government’s ‘panicked’ and ‘clumsy’ changes to its solar power subsidy scheme.
20 Dec 11The government has reached agreement with most trade unions on the main points of public sector pension reform, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has confirmed.
20 Dec 11The first ever Whole of Government Accounts are a ‘big step forward’ for public sector financial management despite being qualified by the National Audit Office last month, according to the Treasury’...
19 Dec 11‘Systemic failures’ in Revenue & Customs’ handling of tax disputes with large corporations have contributed to an outstanding tax bill of more than £25bn, MPs said today.
19 Dec 11Plans for councils to keep a share of business rates and to borrow against future income to support infrastructure projects have been formally announced today, ahead of the Local Government Finance...
15 Dec 11MPs today asked the National Audit Office to review the government’s controversial decision to award a major train building contract to German firm Siemens over a bid based in Derby.
13 Dec 11The lack of checks on small-scale spending across police forces poses a ‘major risk’ to public money and could damage the reputation of the police service itself, inspectors have warned.
9 Dec 11Almost a third of councils have potential risks or weaknesses in their financial controls, according to a survey published by Grant Thornton today.
7 Dec 11Councils should take action sooner rather than later to cut their workforce costs without having to make widespread compulsory redundancies, the Audit Commission said today.
5 Dec 11There is a ‘real risk’ that preparations for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will cost more than the £9.3bn of public money set aside for the event, the National Audit Office warned...
5 Dec 11Six councils have been short-listed for the government’s Community Budget pilots, which will pool all sources of local funding.
2 Dec 11Trade unions are set to appeal after the High Court today ruled that the government’s change of inflation index for public sector pensions was legal.
1 Dec 11Negotiations over changes to public sector pension reforms have restarted today, following yesterday’s strike over the plans.
28 Nov 11This week’s public sector strikes will go ahead, with ‘no chance whatever’ of a deal before the walkout on Wednesday, the general secretary of Unison has said.
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