The public sector's target culture has made it unresponsive to areas plagued by crime and antisocial behaviour, the government's safer communities champion has said
Public sector employment in the UK fell by 132,000 over the whole of last year, cutting the workforce to just under 6.2 million, according to the Office for National Statistics.
Private firms that provide public services in Scotland should be subject to Freedom of Information laws, according to the watchdog that oversees rules on disclosure
As the thin blue line is set to get thinner, Lancashire police are feeling the force of spending reductions. Resources director David Brindle tells PF how he is managing to find the savings and keep...
Audit fees for local government, health and community safety bodies will be cut by up to 20% in the 2011/12 financial year, the Audit Commission confirmed today.
Council leaders have criticised the Home Office for delaying an announcement on further cuts to Community Safety Partnerships until after most local authority budgets have been set.
The coalition's axe extends even to sacred cows such as the police, causing howls of protest and fears of fewer bobbies on the beat. But frontline officers have been noticeable by their absence for...
Three prisons, including one housed in a medieval castle, are to close under the first phase of the Ministry of Justice’s programme to save money by reducing the prisons estate.
A major shake-up planned for the police service in Scotland could lead to the creation of a single national force, the Scots justice secretary has announced.
Home Office cuts to a policing support body could hit forces with new charges and harm the government’s Big Society agenda, Public Finance has been told.