Wales

  • Public Finance
    1 Nov 01
    Local authorities need to address the failings rampant in the administration of housing benefit as poor management is causing hardship for claimants, according to the Audit Commission.
  • Public Finance
    25 Oct 01
    Ministers are preparing to force mayoral referendums in more than half a dozen councils next month as the momentum to get more London-style, directly elected leaders in place gathers pace.
  • Public Finance
    18 Oct 01
    English local authorities are demanding a substantial increase in next year's finance settlement if they are to avert major service cuts and huge hikes in council tax.
  • Public Finance
    4 Oct 01
    The new arrangements were introduced on October 1, categorising elderly patients requiring long-term nursing care into three funding categories £35, £70 and £110 per week following an assessment...
  • Public Finance
    6 Sep 01
    The government should plug the nursing recruitment gap rather than spend increasing amounts of money on temporary staff, the Royal College of Nursing argued this week.
  • Public Finance
    9 Aug 01
    The government's attempts to increase the number of successful adoptions by setting up a national register must not obscure the needs of children, the Association of Directors of Social Services...
  • Public Finance
    2 Aug 01
    The foot and mouth crisis looks set to become the agricultural version of the Millennium Dome fiasco as the National Audit Office launches an investigation into the government's handling of the...
  • Public Finance
    26 Jul 01
    Final contracts that would allow the private sector preferred bidders to begin work on London Underground's deep Tube lines could be delayed by a further six months until next spring.
  • Public Finance
    26 Jul 01
    The Queen's golden jubilee next year will give 20 towns across Britain the chance to compete for the coveted status of cities, the government has announced.
  • Public Finance
    12 Jul 01
    About the only thing that provokes a consensus on Best Value is the need for change.
  • Public Finance
    12 Jul 01
    Birmingham City Council is setting a precedent in housing transfers by asking lenders to underwrite loans worth £1bn before it consults tenants over the move.
  • Public Finance
    21 Jun 01
    The government intends to give the private sector fixed-term contracts to manage schools and more 'sponsorship opportunities' under a legislative programme designed to place more pressure on public...
  • Public Finance
    21 Jun 01
    Deprived communities in Wales are to benefit from an £83m regeneration programme aimed at tackling social disadvantage, Edwina Hart, Assembly Minister for Finance, Local Government and Communities...
  • Public Finance
    7 Jun 01
    The Local Government Association has proposed setting up an independent commission to examine the long-term future of local government finance and agree 'a fair deal' for councils.
  • Public Finance
    24 May 01
    College lecturers went on their first national strike for a decade this week, causing disruption during exam time for students at 290 colleges across England.
  • Public Finance
    24 May 01
    The Post Office is set to call in postal managers and volunteers to limit the damage caused by a series of strikes by sorting-office workers this week.
  • Public Finance
    24 May 01
    A pilot project using Internet technology to educate children who are not attending school has produced impressive results and is set to be rolled out across the country.
  • Public Finance
    17 May 01
    Patients' lives are being put at risk because the NHS is 'chronically understaffed and underfunded', the British Medical Association warned this week.
  • Public Finance
    26 Apr 01
    The Audit Commission has announced the results of its largest audit services' procurement exercise in which it awarded 38 'framework' contracts worth £34m.
  • Public Finance
    29 Mar 01
    The government has set aside more than £111m to tackle street crime and domestic violence across the country.
  • Public Finance
    22 Mar 01
    The local government pay negotiations became deadlocked this week, with unions warning of an 'extremely serious situation' if employers fail to improve on their 3% pay offer.
  • Public Finance
    15 Mar 01
    The weather may have relented after what seems like the wettest winter since Noah, but Britain is ill-prepared for the next inundation. Its flood defences are still leaking like a sieve, according to...
  • Public Finance
    15 Mar 01
    The London boroughs have blamed the excessive demands of London Mayor Ken Livingstone for an average 8.1% hike in council tax.
  • Public Finance
    8 Mar 01
    Health and education were the big winners in Gordon Brown's Budget as each received an extra £1bn from the £23bn budget surplus he revealed to Parliament on March 7.
  • Public Finance
    1 Mar 01
    The Treasury is to raid its coffers for around £137m in emergency aid for farmers as foot and mouth disease spreads across the country.

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