The chancellor faces the prospect of a Budget “groundhog day” unless she takes bold action to shore up headroom against her fiscal rules, a leading think-tank has warned.
Fiscal pressures are holding councils back from using their huge annual procurement spend on achieving their broader strategic goals for society and the environment, according to a think-tank.
Communities are not receiving sufficient benefits from housing developers’ Section 106 contributions, with a large but unclear number of affordable homes sitting empty, MPs have found.
The chancellor should consider broadening the base of a major tax such as VAT instead of “picking from a Scrabble bag” of minor changes that would add to the complexity and inconsistency of the tax...
The slowdown in the jobs market is showing signs of steadying, with declines in payroll numbers and vacancies both levelling off, according to the latest labour market data.
The chancellor has been urged to avoid a “half-baked dash for revenue” in her forthcoming Budget and instead take bold action to improve the tax system.
County councils have warned that thousands of vulnerable people could face a triple whammy of diminished services once the authorities are split into multiple smaller unitaries.
A new more generous benefit planned for jobseekers could save up to £3bn a year as part of a shake-up of the welfare system, according to analysis from the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Conservative plans to save £8bn by shrinking the civil service payroll are overly simplistic and potentially counterproductive, a leading think-tank and a public sector trade union have warned.
A foundation aiming to “improve transparency and accountability across the non-profit sector globally” has launched with support from CIPFA and Humentum.
The share of children receiving support for special educational needs and disabilities has doubled, driving a “dramatic and ongoing” increase in spending and leading to councils amassing an...
Scotland’s colleges have been warned that they will have to change the way they operate in the wake of swingeing funding cuts that have left almost one in three reporting a deficit.
Waste services are at risk of being controlled by the packaging industry, with funding docked from councils that fail to comply with the industry’s own preferred collection methods, the government...
The government’s £500m fair pay agreement for care workers will not be enough to address recruitment and retention issues in the sector, leaders have warned.
The prolonged timetable for introducing a National Care Service is a source of concern given mounting pressure on adult social care, according to analysis by CIPFA and the Local Government...
The government’s commitment to match NATO member’s plans for an increase in defence spending would fundamentally change the size and shape of the British state, analysis from the IFS has shown.
The Cabinet Office has revealed that its use of AI and other related technologies has helped the Public Sector Fraud Office save almost half a billion pounds in money that would have been lost to...
