A further £168m of funding has been confirmed for a programme designed to harness the power of ‘big data’ to inform and improve a variety of public sector projects.
Strategic authorities being rolled out as part of the government’s plans for English devolution should be legally obliged to involve residents in decision-making, according to a leading think-tank.
The government faces “severe challenges” in helping research and innovation scale up commercially against a backdrop of fierce international competition and a tight fiscal environment, according to a...
Max Caller, the veteran troubleshooter brought in to tackle the financial crisis at Birmingham City Council, has announced his retirement. The former Lincolnshire County Council chief executive Tony...
A new agreement to develop the use of AI across the public sector has been signed by the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology and US technology giant OpenAI.
The link between taxation and council services is broken, fuelling dissatisfaction and undermining trust in local democracy, a cross-party group of MPs has warned.
The Office for Budget Responsibility should continue to produce two forecasts a year in order to safeguard fiscal transparency, a leading think-tank has said.
The mayors of two of England’s most popular tourist cities have written to deputy prime minister Angela Rayner to request she convene a round table discussion on the subject of tourist levies – and...
The government’s major infrastructure ambitions risk being derailed by the absence of a credible pipeline of projects, an influential group of MPs has warned.
The lack of audited English council accounts has caused the head of the National Audit Office to disclaim his opinion on the Whole of Government Accounts for the second successive year.
Government-appointed ‘innovation squads’ are to be sent into 10 areas across England as part of a £100m programme to fix problems whose solutions have been hampered by “fragmented and underfunded”...
The government does not know how much tax is paid – or avoided – by the nation’s wealthiest individuals, squandering significant opportunities to collect more revenue, a group of MPs has warned.
A record number of families are living in temporary accommodation as the supply of social housing dries up and support for lower-income households declines, according to new research.
Councils grappling with record overspends in adult social care have been forced to cut prevention spending by over a tenth in the past year, according to new research.
Nottingham City Council has said it is on track to balance its books without government bailouts after new budget figures showed a brightening financial picture.
The UK should overhaul its fiscal framework in order to drive sustainable growth, according to a policy paper from the National Institute for Economic and Social Research.
England’s county councils could get over £4bn in revenue if given devolved taxation powers over housing, income and tourism in a suggested sweeping departure from the current system.
The government’s digital first approach to delivering public services has taken another step forward with the announcement of a partnership with Google aimed at empowering civil servants to better...
