George Osborne’s plans to get the government finances into surplus in 2019/20 are set to reduce public sector pay to the lowest level relative to the private sector for at least 25 years, an...
The Treasury today set out plans to further restrict public sector redundancy payments by better coordinating the rules for calculating payoffs across the civil service, the NHS and local government.
Junior doctors are set to go ahead with industrial action next week after talks to end a contractual dispute with the Department of Health ended without a deal.
A working group of 24 local authorities has called for the creation of a national infrastructure investment platform for council pension schemes as part of government reforms to the sector.
Industrial action by junior doctors planned for next week has been suspended following “early progress” in talks with government over new contract terms, the British Medical Association...
Facts and figures from the Jan/Feb 2016 edition of Public Finance, including employment trends, pensions, cool welcomes across Europe, the perils of perception and a postmortem of election polling
A committee of MPs have launched an inquiry into ‘intergenerational fairness’ in order to consider concerns that older baby boomers are accumulating wealth at the expense of younger generations.
The chair of the Public Accounts Committee has accused some Whitehall departments of “playing fast and loose with taxpayers’ money” after a report found spending on consultants and temporary staff...
Talks to avert further strikes by junior doctors are set to take place tomorrow following the end of a day of action where only emergency care was provided.
The Local Government Association has acknowledged that deficits in the Local Government Pension Scheme are “challenging” for councils and has pledged to work with funds to introduce asset pooling in...
The Cabinet Office is developing plans for a separate senior payscale for commercial project managers within the civil service, which could include finance roles.
Junior doctors in England are to take strike action starting next Tuesday after talks with NHS Employers to resolve a dispute over new contractual terms broke down.
Constraints on consultancy spending in the NHS saved £42m in the third quarter of 2015 and restrictions on agency staff could reduce costs by £160m by the end of the financial year, NHS...
Eight local government pension schemes across the Midlands have developed a plan to pool their assets into a £35bn single investment fund as part of government-backed reforms to the sector.
The Local Government Pension Scheme risks running out of money to meet pension entitlements despite reforms intended to approve affordability, a report has warned.
UK pension reforms may well fall down in practice unless the economy and employment levels stay strong, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has warned.
The junior doctors’ strike, set to go ahead in England today, has been called off after the British Medical Association said agreement had been reached to resume negotiations over contract...
CIPFA has sounded a note of caution over government plans to establish six “British Wealth Funds” by encouraging Local Government Pension Scheme funds to pool their assets and increase...
Facts and figures from the December 2015 edition of Public Finance magazine, including pay growth, Bank of England forecasts, international health provision, student satisfaction, and refugee numbers.
Junior doctors in England have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action next month in the dispute over changes to pay arrangements and working hours.
Whitehall spending on consultants, agency staff and interim managers has begun to rise again and the government should set a target to cut spending by 20% by the end of the decade, according to the...