The government has promised an extra £20m towards developing new vaccines for epidemics, including for three programmes aimed at immunising against the deadly coronavirus.
The Cabinet Office should better focus on what it wants to achieve with a campaign in the future to avoid the same ineffectiveness of the £46m ‘Get ready for Brexit’ promotion, according to the...
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has apologised for a host of failures in the lead-up to the Grenfell Tower Fire at an official inquiry but the apology has been deemed an “insult” by...
The recovery of crisis-hit Northamptonshire County Council will depend on the authority’s ability to improve its children’s services which still pose a risk to the council’s finances, commissioners...
Nearly 70% of councils in England spent more than planned on homelessness support last year due to shortages of affordable housing and insufficient housing benefits, according to analysis.
A £30bn local government pension fund has threatened to halt investment in companies that fail to recognise the financial risks caused by climate change.
Auditors have raised concerns over value for money and lack of transparency in the Scottish government’s use of privately financed contracts to fund investment in public infrastructure.
Adult social care funding will be slashed for metropolitan councils in England with cash being funnelled to shire counties under the government’s new fair funding formula, according to analysis.