Fire authorities across England have been awarded £74m to improve local rescue control rooms, after the government scrapped plans to regionalise the facilities.
Local government trade unions have begun consulting their members on possible industrial action over pay, after employers announced there would be no increase for the third year in a row, Public...
Scottish councils and NHS boards must raise their game urgently if they are to provide vital social care services on tighter budgets, Audit Scotland has warned.
Around 15% of English local authorities plan to increase their council tax in April despite the offer of government cash to freeze bills, a CIPFA survey shows.
Portugal moved a step closer to receiving its next tranche of bailout funding yesterday, after the European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund said its deficit...
Governments need to lay the foundations for a stable and lasting economic recovery by dealing with fiscal deficits, enabling growth and encouraging talent in the workforce, PricewaterhouseCoopers...
Plans to cut spending at the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission are risky and based on ‘very uncertain’ estimates about future income, the National Audit Office warned today.
Government plans to give councils control of business rates include ‘perverse incentives’ that could slow down the approval of commercial developments in future years, the Centre for Cities has...
Further changes to how civil servants approach major projects will be needed to ensure they are completed on budget, an infrastructure expert has told Public Finance.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is pushing for further revisions to the Health and Social Care Bill to limit competition and the role of the private sector in the NHS.
Developing countries must do more to create the right business conditions to raise the capital needed for major public-private infrastructure projects, according to the World Bank Institute.
MPs and councillors have put out to consultation a draft code that aims to confirm councils’ statutory powers and their independence from central government.
Finance ministers from the world’s leading economies will wait until the eurozone countries commit more money to protect the single currency before agreeing to bolster the International Monetary Fund...
MPs today called on the government to do more to show that transport spending is being fairly spread across England, amid concerns that funds are being concentrated in London.
