The Scottish Government must close the “major implementation gap” between policy ambitions and delivery to help ensure financial stability, the national watchdog has said.
Although the Scottish Government has taken a ‘step in the right direction’, panellists at CIPFA’s Public Finance Debate warned the NHS in Scotland is unsustainable. Kerry Lorimer reports.
Senior local government finance figures in Scotland have raised concerns that the Scottish Government’s public service reform plan is placing too much focus on governance changes, to the...
Cabinet Office minister Ben Gummer has said the Brexit vote must lead to a “massive profound change” in the way that public services are organised to make them more responsive to the needs of...
Public service reform is difficult, particularly within the Westminster system. But there are practical changes that could be made to help make progress.
Many attempts to replicate UK government initiatives around the world as part of aid agreements have failed. Donor funded attempts to support public service reform must better match plans to local...
David Cameron has pledged the majority Conservative government will deliver a good life for everyone in the UK. Richard Johnstone looks at the party’s plans for the public finances now it is in sole...
Public services in Northern Ireland are not subject to the burning platform of fiscal meltdown currently being experienced by English local government. But leaders in the province are taking this as...
