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24 Jul 19
The UK’s fraud watchdog has won nearly £23m from an outsourcing company over a scandal involving erroneous electronic tagging of offenders.
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23 Jul 19
The government’s prevention green paper has been branded a “missed opportunity” by local government and health bodies.
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23 Jul 19
Incoming prime minister Boris Johnson has vowed to improve education, infrastructure and policing in the UK.
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22 Jul 19
CIPFA member Sir Jon Thompson will take over as chief executive of the Financial Reporting Council in the autumn, the government has announced.
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22 Jul 19
Labour’s proposals for an overhaul to public service outsourcing are “redundant”, PF has been told.
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19 Jul 19
The government is expected to confirm today details of a £2bn pay rise for public sector workers such as teachers, police and soldiers.
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19 Jul 19
The government must seek to broaden public spending allocations and undo “systemic bias” against rural Britain, according to a new coalition being launched in parliament today.
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19 Jul 19
HMRC missed its target for reducing fraud and error in personal tax credit overpayments last year, the public spending watchdog has said.
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19 Jul 19
Devolution has “struggled to take root in England” compared to other UK countries, according to Akash Paun, senior fellow at the Institute for Government think tank.
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18 Jul 19
The expansion of special educational needs duties has left councils facing a “financial crisis”, council leaders have warned.
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18 Jul 19
Taxpayers and commuters have been let down by the persistent delays and growing costs of Crossrail, MPs have said.
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18 Jul 19
Austerity has an “inescapable” link to rising levels of serious organised crime, MPs have heard.
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18 Jul 19
Public sector bodies have been urged to pay outsourced suppliers on time after the sector registered £2.5m in late payments.
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18 Jul 19
Government’s response to the Grenfell Tower fire has been “far too slow” and could risk another tragedy, MPs have warned.
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17 Jul 19
Local authorities must be given the “freedom to tailor their approach” to comply with the government’s waste strategy, the local government minister has been told.
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17 Jul 19
A survey launched by CIPFA is seeking views about the problems citizens face when looking at local authority accounts.
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16 Jul 19
Cost benefits of a new emergency services communication system are “rapidly evaporating”, MPs have said.
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16 Jul 19
Landmark legislation to tackle domestic abuse must be backed with proper resources, councils have urged.
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16 Jul 19
UK public sector pension fund administrators remain in the dark despite the government accepting defeat in a landmark pension ruling, PF has learned.
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15 Jul 19
Food bank usage is expected to rise again when schools break up this summer, a charity has said.
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15 Jul 19
The next prime minister has just 100 days to “save” local government, a think-tank has warned.
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15 Jul 19
Local authorities and NHS trusts have been handed responsibilities to tackle serious violence under new legislation announced by the home secretary.
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12 Jul 19
Tech giants such as Facebook, Google, and Twitter are set to face far larger tax bills from April 2020, the government has confirmed.
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12 Jul 19
The erosion of traditional tax revenues, losing the government billions each year, highlights the need for transparency about the need to reform Britain’s tax system, according to a report by the...
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12 Jul 19
Cases of type two diabetes in children and young people in England and Wales have soared by 47% in the last five years, according to new research released by the Local Government Association today.