The UK’s devolved governments are set on a collision course with Chancellor George Osborne over his proposal to abolish national pay deals in the public sector.
Most local authorities in Wales had their accounts ready on time, despite the challenges posed by the introduction of International Financial Reporting Standards, the Wales Audit Office said.
The Welsh auditor general has criticised a climate of informality and failure to effectively challenge decision-making at Pembrokeshire County Council.
The 710,000 public sector job losses now expected by 2017 will hit the devolved nations and the Northeast hardest, the Trades Union Congress said today.
The UK's four children's commissioners have urged the government to reassess its spending plans, saying the cuts risk pushing more families into poverty.
Welsh auditor general Huw Vaughan Thomas has warned that the public sector in Wales must collaborate to cope with 'unprecedented' financial pressures, particularly on the NHS.
A sudden spike in complaints about members of the National Assembly for Wales occurred in the run-up to last May's elections, according to a report published today by the standards commissioner.
Reform of the Wales Audit Office and a more interventionist approach to local authorities are included in the Welsh Programme for Government announced yesterday by First Minister Carwyn Jones.
The Wales Audit Office has been through a difficult year but has emerged stronger and is now on a 'sound footing', the auditor general for Wales has said.
A test being developed by Cardiff scientists could save the NHS tens of millions of pounds annually in the costs of wound treatments, the Welsh Government has said.
Welsh ministers should monitor how much is spent through its Merlin contract, which provides IT services for the government and Assembly, auditors have said.
Failures by the University of Wales to carry out financial and legal due diligence on overseas partner institutions have damaged the reputation of the country’s higher education, the Welsh education...
Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson has warned his Scottish counterpart that Scotland could lose Westminster block grant if it follows Belfast’s bid to set its own corporation tax.
Attendance allowance should be 'renamed and rebranded' under a new social care system based on both individual and state contributions, the head of the independent commission examining care funding...
The Welsh Local Government Association has urged the new Assembly government to find its ‘own solution’ to Westminster’s proposals to establish police and crime commissioners.
MPs have warned of a threat to the operational and financial independence of the Welsh language broadcaster S4C under the Treasury’s proposed funding arrangements.
It’s all in the timing. One year after the coalition government was formed, the turn of the electoral cycle means that on May 5 it faces its largest test short of a general election.
