Councils, trade unions and the government have today struck a deal over changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme, confirming that employees will not face a blanket increase in contributions.
Irish voters go to the polls today to decide if the country should sign the European Union treaty that sets legally binding budget deficit limits for eurozone members.
Local authorities face a ‘tough challenge’ in taking control of Council Tax Benefit at the same time as it is being cut by 10%, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned today.
Ministers have been urged to rule out greater Whitehall monitoring of local government after fresh concerns were raised that the abolition of the Audit Commission could lead to increased central...
European Union member states are taking the necessary steps to improve their public finances, but not always in the most growth-friendly way, the European Commission said today.
African countries have been urged to design better strategies to tackle youth unemployment, after a report found that young people represent 60% of the continent’s unemployed.
Government spending cuts have left charities facing ‘a riskier future’, with a majority reducing both staff and services, according to a survey published today.
A group of 10 African countries has called for the wider use of systems which incorporate the financial value of natural resources and ecosystem stocks such as water provision into government...
The United States and Japan must implement credible fiscal consolidation plans to play their part in building a sustainable recovery, the presidents of the European Commission and Council said on...
Prime Minister David Cameron has today urged young people to bid for a share of a £82.5m government loan scheme to help them set up their own business.
The two largest teaching unions in England and Wales have made a ‘historic agreement’ to work together to protect teachers’ pay and conditions and defend education.
Business leaders have criticised the government’s lack of action on infrastructure construction since Chancellor George Osborne outlined increased spending in last year’s Autumn Statement.
The gross domestic product of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development group of countries grew by 0.4% in the first quarter of 2012, up from 0.3% in the previous quarter.
Councils will be able to compare their residents’ satisfaction levels against those living in other authorities from this autumn, the Local Government Association has revealed.
The campaign to lead Scotland out of the United Kingdom was formally launched in Edinburgh today under the slogan ‘Scotland’s future in Scotland’s hands’.
The Ministry of Defence is cutting staff numbers before it has a ‘proper understanding of what skills it will need in the future’, the Public Accounts Committee has warned
The New Zealand government will record an operating budget surplus in 2014/15 as new investment in priority areas is matched by a combination of savings and revenue initiatives, the country’s finance...
The economy contracted by 0.3% in the first three months of this year, a greater fall in output than previously thought, the Office for National Statistics has revealed.
