Northern Ireland’s public services incurred the biggest spending per head in the UK in 2016-17, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics.
Families rely more on food banks over the summer holidays because children do not have access to free school meals, according to an anti-poverty charity.
The value of local government outsourcing contracts in the UK dropped considerably in the first half of this year compared to same period in 2017, analysis has revealed.
Switching to cheaper NHS medicines does not impact the effectiveness of treatment, according to the agency responsible for overseeing health care providers.
Transport Scotland needs a clearer plan to show how it will measure the benefits of its £1.34bn bridge opened a year ago, a spending watchdog has urged.
Northamptonshire Council has proposed “radical service reductions” in areas including care for vulnerable people as a response to its second 114 notice.
The cost of the Scottish Government’s flagship free personal care policy has topped £500m for the first time, reflecting the trend towards looking after older people in their own homes.
Local authority borrowing from the Public Works Loan Board has reached a seven-year high as cash-strapped councils increasingly invest in capital projects.
More of the money donated to international charities – including from governments around the world - should go towards making it easier to whistleblow against charity sector abuse.
Local government must transform, innovate and work together to cope with the pressures of increased need for services with less central funding, according to two major accounting bodies.
Councils and other government bodies are “over-zealous” and “uncompromising” in the way they pursue financially vulnerable people over unpaid debt, MPs have said.
