Facts and figures from the December 2016 edition of Public Finance magazine on infrastructure, state pensions, the benefits of buses, and crime big and small
Prison reform campaigners are calling for a greater investment in prison staff after figures showed prisoner suicides have reached the highest level since recording began in 1978.
Prison and probation services are failing to protect the public from reoffending and should be devolved in England and Wales, the RSA think-tank has said.
Former local government secretary Sir Eric Pickles has pledged that Britain will make tackling corruption, including in the public sector, a top priority as the country forges a new role in the world...
The UK’s candidate for its next European commissioner, Sir Julian King, will be given the security brief by European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker, it was announced today.
Matthew Parr has today been named a new inspector of constabulary by home secretary Amber Rudd, and will oversee police forces in the London region as well as the National Crime Agency.
Funds are so tightly squeezed in Police Scotland that officers have been sent to trawl charity shops for equipment, according to the leader of the Scottish Police Federation.
The Treasury has confirmed 1% average pay rises for school teachers and police officers in line with government limits, which chief secretary Greg Hands said was vital to protect public services.
The government has failed “in spectacular fashion” to implement changes to the way it confiscates the proceeds of crime, according to the Public Accounts Committee.
The skills accountants need to flourish in the charitable and public sectors are surprisingly similar. Colleagues thinking of making the move can be confident of success
The UK would be able to retain the security benefits of the European Union if the country was to vote to leave the bloc this month, justice minister Dominic Raab has insisted.
Radical reforms to the way prisons are managed have been outlined in the Queen’s Speech at the state opening of Parliament today, and a bill to overhaul local government finance will also be included...
Police forces have to deal with both more complex offences and growing public expectations. This is leading to greater consideration of how technology can help.
The Treasury has today confirmed that pay increases for public sector workers in the NHS and armed forces will be capped at an average of 1%, but prison service staff are to receive an increase above...
The criminal justice system in England and Wales does not provide value for money as delays and aborted court hearings create extra work and waste scarce resources, according to the National Audit...
The government has ended a £23.2m electronic tagging contract for offenders after concluding that the proposed development of bespoke technology would have “significant problems”.
Young offenders should serve their sentences in secure schools rather than prisons, initial findings from former head teacher Charlie Taylor’s review into youth justice suggest.
David Cameron is set to announce plans to counter the “scandalous failure” of Britain’s prisons, including a pilot scheme that will delegate more control to prison governors.