The government is reconsidering its commitment to allow councils to choose their own auditors, Public Accounts Committee chair Margaret Hodge has told Public Finance.
Councils are urging ministers not to cut capital grants for social housing, warning that a failure to invest now will only increase costs in the long term.
Public sector employees should make higher contributions to their pension schemes, which should not be based on final salary levels, according to an eagerly anticipated government-commissioned report.
Scotland’s free bus travel scheme for older and disabled people is open to error and fraud because of inadequate planning, according to a public spending watchdog.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has released a practical guide to help ensure public bodies are transparent and fair when making decisions over spending.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has released a practical guide to help ensure public bodies are transparent and fair when making decisions over spending.
Councils have welcomed a government pledge to press ahead with plans to scrap the Housing Revenue Account but have warned ministers not to saddle local authorities with unsustainable levels of debt...
A study of public sector organisations in Birmingham has found that services can be improved and costs cut through a combination of early intervention and place-based budgeting
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has praised councils that have published details of all spending above £500 three months early, and warned that the rest are failing their residents on...
Outsourcing almost all services at Suffolk County Council will not be 'a quick fix', but the leaders were left with no other option, Public Finance has been told
Auditors have called for a 'fundamental review' of special schools funding in Wales after an investigation revealed inconsistencies and weaknesses in funding arrangements
Local authorities could face a ‘landslide’ of legal claims from female workers if they fail to adequately assess the equality impacts of cutting women’s jobs, a union has warned
A website tool inviting residents to tell local authorities where cuts should be made will allow the 'most thorough and comprehensive consultation ever taken on local public spending', according to...
Decisions over benefit payments should be localised and welfare spending incorporated into pooled area-based budgets, the government has been told today
The government today confirmed that there would be no revaluation of council tax bands in England during the current Parliament, prompting criticism that the levy is becoming discredited
