Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has told delegates at the Liberal Democrat conference today that the country’s economy is ‘growing stronger by the day’.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said he would support continuing to ring-fence spending on both the NHS and schools over the five years to the end of the next parliament in 2020.
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg today said he ‘understands’ the need to build more homes across the country, and pledged to examine what could be done to free councils to build more homes.
Business Secretary Vince Cable today pledged to tackle the ‘abuses’ of zero-hours contracts, after admitting that their use is much more widespread than government thought.
The government plans to cap individual social care costs as soon it can ensure there is a ‘sustainable‘ plan for care funding in place, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt revealed today.
Town halls in England are to be offered funding for a third successive council tax freeze next year but the amount available to each authority has been cut, Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles...
The government will cut another £10bn from the welfare budget within four years, targeting housing benefits for young people and payments for children, George Osborne told the Conservative Party...
Labour would create a ‘one budget’ health and social care system to ensure better integration between the different types of care, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham said today.
Labour would keep the East Coast rail franchise in government hands to provide a ‘public sector comparator’ with private train operators, shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle has revealed.
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls today called on the government to use the £4bn windfall from the sale of the next generation of mobile phone licences to build 100,000 new homes.
Secondary schools in England are to receive additional funding to help pupils who have fallen behind in English and maths at primary school, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced today.
Trade unions have urged the government to scrap plans for regional pay in the public sector after the Liberal Democrat conference voted yesterday against the change.
The government will provide further financial backing to the £14.5bn London Crossrail rail project by guaranteeing the private funding used to purchase trains for the new line, Chief Secretary to the...
A senior Liberal Democrat in local government has warned that pay for some council workers could fall below the legal National Minimum Wage threshold next year if it is frozen for the fourth year in...
Business Secretary Vince Cable today announced £1bn in government funding for a state-backed ‘British Business Bank’ to increase lending to small- and medium-sized firms.
Personal budgets are to be rolled out to people with long-term health conditions, allowing them to take greater control of their treatment, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley announced yesterday.
Planning reforms will protect the countryside while allowing more homes to be built, decentralisation minister Greg Clark told the Conservative Party conference in Manchester yesterday.
Local government staff and civil servants will be barred from working full time for trade unions while taking a salary for their job, the government has announced.
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has announced that councils are to be given enhanced powers to evict travellers from unauthorised sites following the long-running legal battle at Dale Farm in...
Chancellor George Osborne has announced that the government will give councils £805m to freeze council tax for a second consecutive year, using money saved by cutting waste.
Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that the government will increase the discounts offered to council house tenants to buy their homes as part of a plan to boost construction of new homes.