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21 Jun 12
Welsh people on low incomes are set to be £74 a year worse off following the government’s localisation of Council Tax Benefit, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found.
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20 Jun 12
Public sector employment in the UK fell by 39,000 in the first three months of 2012, the tenth consecutive quarterly drop, the Office for National Statistics revealed today.
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18 Jun 12
Welsh councils need to improve the way they consult with and involve residents, the Wales Audit Office said today.
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30 May 12
As economic crisis turns to political crisis across Europe, what are the lessons for local democracy here? The May 3 elections sent out some strong messages on mayors, majorities and political...
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14 May 12
Proposals to improve corporate governance at the Wales Audit Office are ‘over-prescriptive and unbalanced’, according to the Welsh auditor general.
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9 May 12
The case for varying public sector pay on a regional basis is ‘deeply flawed’ and would be ‘economically damaging’, according to Welsh Finance Minister Jane Hutt.
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1 May 12
Labour could pick up as many as 300 council seats in the local elections on Thursday, the head of the Local Government Information Unit has predicted.
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19 Mar 12
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.
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14 Feb 12
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.
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31 Jan 12
The Welsh auditor general has criticised a climate of informality and failure to effectively challenge decision-making at Pembrokeshire County Council.
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20 Jan 12
Just one in four English voters back the current devolution settlement, according to a survey published today.
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16 Jan 12
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.
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16 Jan 12
Almost eight out of ten English voters want Scottish MPs barred from making laws that only affect England, according to a survey published today.
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29 Nov 11
Many of the grant schemes used to fund public services in Wales are overly complex and need to be better managed, according to the auditor general.
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23 Nov 11
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.
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13 Oct 11
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.
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4 Oct 11
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.
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28 Sep 11
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.
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21 Sep 11
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.
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16 Sep 11
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.
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16 Aug 11
Welsh ministers should monitor how much is spent through its Merlin contract, which provides IT services for the government and Assembly, auditors have said.
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27 Jun 11
More than eight out of ten doctors prefer working in Wales to England, according to a survey published by the British Medical Association today.
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24 Jun 11
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...
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23 Jun 11
Wales’ first minister has called for a radical extension of his government’s powers over finance.
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1 Jun 11
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.
21 Jun 12Welsh people on low incomes are set to be £74 a year worse off following the government’s localisation of Council Tax Benefit, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found.
20 Jun 12Public sector employment in the UK fell by 39,000 in the first three months of 2012, the tenth consecutive quarterly drop, the Office for National Statistics revealed today.
30 May 12As economic crisis turns to political crisis across Europe, what are the lessons for local democracy here? The May 3 elections sent out some strong messages on mayors, majorities and political...
14 Feb 12Most 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.
20 Jan 12Just one in four English voters back the current devolution settlement, according to a survey published today.
16 Jan 12The 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.
13 Oct 11Welsh 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.
16 Sep 11A 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.
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