The public finances will be left in increasing disarray next year as a result of Chancellor Alistair Darling's May 13 decision to borrow £2.7bn to fund a tax cut for low- and middle-income households...
Gordon Brown has set out a draft legislative programme combining a new wave of public service reforms with measures aimed at reassuring the public that they will be shielded from the worst of the...
The Welsh Assembly Government has launched a new strategy to help the estimated 12,000 young people in Wales not in training, education or employment. It is expected to include legislation to provide...
The public sector needs to quicken the pace at which it makes services more efficient and citizen-friendly, the government's adviser on transformational government has told Public Finance .
The May 1 election results gave Labour a bloody nose and shook up the political landscape. It also reflected voters' feeling that local authorities have precious little power.
In the year since Sir Michael Lyons set out his vision for the future of local government, ministers have launched initiatives to boost the 'place-shaping' role of councils. But the funding conundrum...
The government and public agencies were unprepared for last year's floods because they ignored the threat of surface water flooding, which was largely responsible for the disaster, MPs have found.
The government's latest cost projections for its identity card scheme, which cut £975m from earlier estimates, have prompted fears that security will be compromised and costs transferred to citizens.
Up to half of the people who moved to the UK from the 2004 European Union accession countries have already left, according to research from the Institute for Public Policy Research. The think-tank's...
One certain result of Labour's rout in the May 1 elections is that it will become a tax-cutting party - or, at least, seek to portray itself as one ahead of a likely 2010 general election.
A majority of people think local authorities should introduce financial incentives to help cut greenhouse gases, according to a poll carried out by the Local Government Association.
Whitehall's 'mania' for control over councils has created a climate of confusion, waste and apathy at local level, according to an esteemed public policy academic.
Keeping citizens' data centrally seemed such a good idea. It could help to catch terrorists, protect children, save patients' lives, and stop people from providing the same details to different...
The new agency charged with house building and regeneration will attempt a 'single conversation' with its partners, a member of its set-up team has said.
Local government is the biggest employer in the UK but too few graduates dream of a career in it. Add a shortage of young talent to an ageing top management and councils have a problem. Chris Leslie...
It is ironic that a government that has striven to court business over the years has apparently missed one of the commercial sector's principal lessons always keep a sharp eye on the bottom line.
Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly has announced a review of the way Britain's airports are run after a report from the Competition Commission said that BAA's monopoly was not necessarily in the public...
Scotland's further education colleges have improved their financial performance, moving from an overall deficit of £6m in 2002/03 to a £16.9m surplus in 2006/07, according to Audit Scotland.
Millions of pounds are being wasted by social landlords each year because accommodation provided for elderly people is not energy efficient, says a new report.
A simulated market for carbon trading between local authorities will open for business at the end of the month, as a pathfinder for what will be a legal requirement in two years' time.
