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.
The government’s approach to providing and funding public services is ‘not appropriate for the modern day’, the Local Government Association said today.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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’...
‘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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
