The scale of the financial issues English health services face now and in the coming years is “unprecedented”, the National Audit Office has claimed in a report – with the government claiming the NHS...
The Labour Party’s landslide election victory on the promise of “change” will not lead to big differences in the government’s approach to fiscal policy, analysts at ratings agency Fitch have...
CIPFA’s new chief executive has told the new government it needs to “redefine how public services are funded, empowered and supported” and make progress in areas such as devolution, more predictable...
The next government will have just days to avert a crisis in the prison service, with English and Welsh jails on the brink of running out of places, a leading think-tank has warned.
Sir Julian Hartley explains that NHS trusts are making productivity gains despite the huge pressure they are under, and urges the next government to end the funding brinkmanship providers have now...
The main political parties have been urged to face up to the funding crisis facing health services in England following analysis projecting a £38bn shortfall in NHS funding by the end of the next...
Progress towards eradicating regional inequalities has been “glacial”, driven by patchy policy initiatives and the absence of stable long-term funding, according to a leading think-tank.
A profound shift in welfare policy that has seen pensioners benefit at the expense of the working-age population has weakened the social security safety net for those most in need, according to new...
As the main political parties set out their policy stalls in hastily written manifestos, the focus will be less on the headline announcements than what is left unsaid.
Neither the Conservatives nor Labour are serious about reducing the level of national debt, the Institute of Fiscal Studies has said, accusing both parties of avoiding the harsh reality of spending...
