A target to boost public confidence in policing has been scrapped along with pledges governing police activity, Home Secretary Theresa May announced yesterday
The government has come under fire from a senior Labour politician for failing to tackle public sector fraud, which is costing taxpayers £38bn a year, according to experts
The Home Office has been forced to ask Parliament for almost £80m in extra funds after failing to set aside enough to cover the possibility of losing a court case over police pensions
MPs have criticised the lack of prison facilities in North Wales and called on the Ministry of Justice to adopt a more flexible approach to prisons policy
The controversy over unitary status for Exeter and Norwich councils was stoked this week after local government leaders criticised the plans as ‘financial madness’
Police forces will struggle to handle declining budgets unless a cross-party consensus is reached on cutting officer numbers, according to the former head of the Metropolitan Police
The Wales Audit Office was left with a vacancy at the top yesterday after its auditor general Jeremy Colman stepped down suddenly following concerns about his personal conduct
Cases of public sector fraud and data manipulation are set to increase over the coming months as government spending cuts put more pressure on managers to meet performance targets, experts have...
A police authority has pointed to problems with the way local government finance legislation is framed after the government imposed a cap on its budget.
Cases of public sector fraud and data manipulation are set to increase over the coming months as government spending cuts put more pressure on managers to meet performance targets, experts have warned
The police service needs to ‘radically rethink’ the way it provides back-office functions if it is to rise to the challenge posed by looming funding cuts, MPs have said
Report after report has slammed the overuse of custodial sentences, yet the justice secretary plans to build more jails. So what is standing in the way of change, asks David Williams
More support must be provided to children sleeping rough in Britain. Not only would this alleviate suffering, it would also reduce the long-term costs to the public purse, argues Emilie Smeaton