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1 May 14
Trade union Unison has today urged council employers to enter into arbitration talks as the pay dispute in local government escalates.
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1 May 14
Significant funds need to be poured into the NHS to avert a looming financial crisis, but must not be used to prop up unsustainable services, the King’s Fund said today.
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29 Apr 14
The economy grew by 0.8% in the first quarter of 2014, meaning the rate of expansion has quickened compared to the last three months of 2013, figures from the Office for National Statistics revealed...
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24 Apr 14
Nearly £1.2bn will be spent across the NHS to improve patient care following the public inquiry into failures at the Mid Staffordshire hospital trust, a survey has found. But the poll of NHS hospital...
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23 Apr 14
Total public sector borrowing in 2013/14 was £107.7bn, nearly £7.5bn lower than the previous year, according to the Office for National Statistics’ first estimate of the deficit for the whole of the...
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1 Apr 14
The new chief executive of NHS England has launched a drive to integrate health and social care on his first day in the post.
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25 Feb 14
A majority of finance professionals working in non-profit organisations would like to see an international standard for financial reporting in the sector introduced, according to research from the...
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20 Jan 14
UK growth is set to reach 2.7% this year as consumer spending continues to recover following the economic crisis, the Ernst & Young Item Club has predicted today.
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9 Dec 13
The rate of UK public library closures slowed last year, with 74 libraries shutting compared to 201 in 2011/12, CIPFA’s latest library survey has revealed.
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29 Nov 13
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has accused councils of misleading the public by claiming they have no money left, but continuing to add to their reserves
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28 Nov 13
Local government’s funding system is ‘broken’ and is pushing many councils toward failure, the chair of the Local Government Association has warned
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28 Nov 13
A total of £46bn in student loans is outstanding, auditors revealed today as they urged the government to improve its collection performance
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28 Nov 13
One in ten councils is struggling to deliver planned budgets, having either failed to make savings, overspent on some services or suffered shortfalls in income, according to the Audit Commission
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27 Nov 13
More pain lies ahead for Scotland’s public sector workforce if necessary budget savings are to be achieved, Audit Scotland said today
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27 Nov 13
Four out of ten NHS trusts did not achieve their planned savings in the 2012/13 financial year creating concerns about their long-term financial resilience, according to research published by Grant...
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27 Nov 13
Mitie chief executive Ruby McGregor-Smith is to take over as chair of the CBI’s public services strategy board
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27 Nov 13
Councils in the Midlands and North of England are facing much deeper cuts to their funding than those in London and the South, an analysis by the Special Interest Group of Metropolitan Authorities...
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26 Nov 13
Scotland’s public finances are robust enough to support independence and will only get stronger should the country leave the Union, the Scottish Government said today as it set out its vision for...
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26 Nov 13
The Department of Health has said it is concerned by an almost 30% rise in the number of excess deaths recorded last winter but stressed that the NHS is ready for any coming cold weather-related...
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25 Nov 13
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has praised councils for making ‘great strides’ in identifying and helping troubled families in their areas.
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25 Nov 13
Claims that the Local Government Pension Scheme is ‘woefully inefficient’ have been disputed by a member of the scheme’s advisory board and CIPFA.
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25 Nov 13
A Labour government would implement the majority of the recommendations in today’s report from the Independent Police Commission, Ed Miliband confirmed today
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25 Nov 13
National Insurance should be scrapped and replaced with ‘personal welfare accounts’ that provide an income during periods of joblessness, parental leave, higher education and retirement, a think-tank...
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25 Nov 13
Three prisons set for privatisation are to remain under the management of the Prison Service, Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has announced
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25 Nov 13
The sense of job security in the public sector has declined markedly since the mid-2000s, according to a major survey
1 May 14Trade union Unison has today urged council employers to enter into arbitration talks as the pay dispute in local government escalates.
29 Apr 14The economy grew by 0.8% in the first quarter of 2014, meaning the rate of expansion has quickened compared to the last three months of 2013, figures from the Office for National Statistics revealed...
24 Apr 14Nearly £1.2bn will be spent across the NHS to improve patient care following the public inquiry into failures at the Mid Staffordshire hospital trust, a survey has found. But the poll of NHS hospital...
23 Apr 14Total public sector borrowing in 2013/14 was £107.7bn, nearly £7.5bn lower than the previous year, according to the Office for National Statistics’ first estimate of the deficit for the whole of the...
9 Dec 13The rate of UK public library closures slowed last year, with 74 libraries shutting compared to 201 in 2011/12, CIPFA’s latest library survey has revealed.
28 Nov 13One in ten councils is struggling to deliver planned budgets, having either failed to make savings, overspent on some services or suffered shortfalls in income, according to the Audit Commission
27 Nov 13Councils in the Midlands and North of England are facing much deeper cuts to their funding than those in London and the South, an analysis by the Special Interest Group of Metropolitan Authorities...
26 Nov 13Scotland’s public finances are robust enough to support independence and will only get stronger should the country leave the Union, the Scottish Government said today as it set out its vision for...
25 Nov 13The sense of job security in the public sector has declined markedly since the mid-2000s, according to a major survey
