Should the public sector start drowning its sorrows as the cuts kick in? Doom merchants certainly seem to think so. But perhaps in reality the glass is half full and not half empty. Tony Travers...
The criminal justice system has grown in a haphazard fashion, wasting millions of pounds and making it difficult to strip out costs, police inspectors warn today
An Audit Commission report has praised councils for increasing their efforts to uncover fraud, but warned that they are still uncovering only the ‘tip of a huge iceberg’ of taxpayer cash lost to...
Proposals for directly elected police commissioners are at odds with plans for area-based budgeting, due to be revealed in tomorrow’s Comprehensive Spending Review, MPs were told today.
A new relationship between central government and local delivery bodies in Scotland would lead to better and cheaper public services, a think-tank says today
The National Policing Improvement Agency has been lauded for saving money and buying more efficiently. But the Home Office plans to bring it to a halt. David Williams reports
Plans to replace police authorities with directly elected police and crime commissioners came under renewed fire today after it was claimed that the move would cost £101m
London Mayor Boris Johnson today pledged £4m of funding for sports projects that help tackle crime, unemployment and other social problems in the capital
The government has set out plans to shake up policing, making forces more accountable to local communities by introducing directly elected commissioners
Police forces in England and Wales will be operating below required staffing levels for up to seven years if the service is forced to make 25% cuts, inspectors have warned
Spending on prisons and probation increased by 36% in real terms over five years despite a major service reorganisation that was intended to save money, researchers said today
Public sector workers, volunteers and citizens should receive conflict resolution training to tackle low-level antisocial behaviour, according to a think-tank
A think-tank has today called for Britain’s prison and justice system to be reformed to tackle drug addiction and antisocial behaviour and help ex-offenders find employment
Most people believe spending on frontline NHS staff and policing should be protected even if this affects other areas, according to a survey commissioned by the Local Government Association
Advocates of judicial reform have welcomed the clearest indication yet that the government is committed to reducing the prison population and finding more effective ways of dealing with criminals