England’s adult social care budget will have been reduced by almost £2bn over the two years to March 2013, according to a survey by the Association of Directors of Social Services.
Poor communities will bear the brunt of the government’s decision to reduce funding for council tax relief by £500m when it is localised from next year, the Local Government Association has warned...
Every eligible local authority in England has agreed to take part in the government's plan to turn round the lives of 120,000 problem families by 2015, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles announced...
Councils have urged the government to drop proposals that would allow property developers to renegotiate infrastructure commitments made in planning deals.
Councils, trade unions and the government have today struck a deal over changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme, confirming that employees will not face a blanket increase in contributions.
Government spending cuts have left charities facing ‘a riskier future’, with a majority reducing both staff and services, according to a survey published today.
Business leaders have criticised the government’s lack of action on infrastructure construction since Chancellor George Osborne outlined increased spending in last year’s Autumn Statement.
Poor diabetes services in England are contributing to thousands of preventable deaths and increasing the costs to the NHS, according to the National Audit Office.
The Audit Commission is calling for government departments to be required to join its National Fraud Initiative, which has saved £1bn elsewhere in the public sector since it began in 1996.
Trade unions are urging the government to reopen negotiations on public sector pension changes as hundreds of thousands of workers strike today over the issue.
The Public Accounts Committee today called for an end to the routine use of the Private Finance Initiative to pay for public infrastructure, saying some of the private sector profits were ‘difficult...
The International Monetary Fund has backed the UK government’s plans to link the state retirement age to increases in longevity, warning that the costs of an ageing population could ‘threaten the...
David Cameron will today defend the government’s economic policy, including changes to public sector pensions, when he launches the Conservatives’ campaign for next month’s local elections.
