Northamptonshire council and Public Health England have agreed that £8m will to be reinvested in public health services following a row over misspent grant, the local authority has confirmed....
The way the UK spends its international aid budget will be “reset” to help the world’s poor and win back the trust of “sceptical” British taxpayers, Penny Mordaunt has said.
The Ministry of Defence has handed Capita a contract to run military fire and rescue services despite the outsourcing company being given the highest risk rating possible by financial analysts, the...
Kensington and Chelsea council’s efforts to re-house residents after the Grenfell Tower fire were ‘incompetent’ and ‘indifferent’, a survivor has suggested to MPs.
The government has launched its promised consultation on banning combustible cladding on the exteriors of high-rise residential buildings, the housing secretary has announced.
A New York-style property levy could give local authorities a multi-billion pound windfall to put toward housebuilding, the Association for Consultancy and Engineering has said.
An independent Scotland would face at least another decade of austerity, according to new analysis of the proposals put forward last month by the Sustainable Growth Commission.
The extra £20bn a year for the NHS is like “pouring water down a sink with no plug in” unless social care also receives a funding boost, council leaders and health groups have...
Digital transformation in government will require “ongoing investment” and next year’s spending review offers an opportunity to realise its financial potential, according to digital and public...
Universal credit is pushing additional costs onto councils, while the overall scheme may never provide value for money, according to the National Audit Office.
Wales would take a financial hit if the Barnett formula is used to allocate replacement funding for EU programmes, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned.
The Welsh Government has admitted that a relationship it entered into with Pinewood film studios did not provide value for money, according to a Wales Audit Office probe.
Some current tax systems across the world – including the UK’s - are “irresponsible” and are doing nothing to improve gender equality, a parliamentary panel has warned.
English councils are allocating larger proportions of their budget to adult social care while spending less on the area in real terms, according to two reports.
The British public have shown “overwhelming” support to increase annual spending on health and social care over the next 15 years, according to a poll released today.
