UK inflation could turn negative in the spring and remain at zero for the rest of the year, Bank of England governor Mark Carney has warned, and insisted he would cut interest rates further if needed...
The risk of an NHS crisis is mounting, with problems spreading from accident & emergency departments and starting to affect waiting times, operations and discharges, the King’s Fund warned today.
The Department of Health has insisted that the NHS has enough funding to cope with the record levels of demand on accident and emergency services, after figures revealed waiting times have reached...
District councils are proving more financially resilient amid government funding cuts than their larger counterparts, a report by Grant Thornton has found.
Councils should be able to borrow from the Public Works Loan Board to fund revenue spending on projects to integrate local services, an independent expert panel has recommended.
A new national database of apprenticeships and other employer-led courses and training opportunities for over 16s will be launched in England next year, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has revealed.
The NHS in England will face a £30bn shortfall by 2020/21 and both funding increases and changes to provision will be needed over the next five years to deliver improvements, health service leaders...
The government scheme offering free pre-school places for infants has helped only a small number of women into work, a study by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found.
Public sector borrowing was £58bn for the first six months of 2014/15, up more than £5bn from the same period the previous year, figures from the Office for National Statistics has revealed.
Nicola Sturgeon is set to become Scotland’s first female First Minister after the deadline for nominations to succeed Alex Salmond as leader of the Scottish National Party passed without any other...
Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney has announced the first Scottish taxes in more than 300 years in his 2015/16 Budget package in the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood.
A decision by the Department of Health to prioritise the financial stability of local health economies over fair funding allocations has meant that there has been ‘very slow progress’ towards reform...
Nearly two-thirds of people think political parties in the UK generally do not keep their election promises and fewer than one in five think politicians are good at explaining how their policies will...
The next government should introduce legislation to allow as many as 40 cities in England to expand for over a period of 35 years into garden cities that would house more than 150,000 additional...
The police watchdog in England and Wales has warned that people are being put at risk due to the differing responses to crimes from forces dependent on where they live.
Charities in England and Wales have been urged to report all frauds and thefts to the Charity Commission so the true scale and nature of risks facing the sector can be understood.
Electoral registration staff in Scotland have been inundated with tens of thousands of last-minute registrations to vote in Scotland’s independence referendum on September 18, as polling suggested a...
Promises by the three pro-union parties to guarantee Holyrood more tax powers if Scots vote no to independence have been cast into serious doubt by objections from London mayor Boris Johnson, a...
The health sector regulator Monitor has today announced it is placing the East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust into special measures because of serious failures in patient safety and...
