Liverpool City Region elected mayor Steve Rotheram has named Trades Union Congress regional secretary Lynn Collins as chair of his new Fairness and Social Justice Advisory Board.
The Local Government Association has called for radical reform of taxi licensing legislation, most of which is 170 years old and dates from an era of horse-drawn traffic.
Net migration has fallen to 246,000 in the year to March, down 81,000 according to official figures, sparking recruitment and retention concerns for business and the public sector.
New home starts in the past year have reached their highest level since the slump of 2009, according to housebuilding statistics issued by the Department for Communities & Local Government.
England’s education system needs to undergo significant improvement if it is to keep pace with the world’s best, an Education Policy Institute report has warned.
Scotland’s new fiscal powers will bring about a “massive” culture change to Holyrood’s budget process, a member of the independent expert group charged with drawing up reforms...
Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation has been relieved of its duties for the social housing estate where the Grenfell tower fire took place, Theresa May has confirmed.
CIPFA has officially launched its Brexit Advisory Commission to examine the challenges and opportunities facing the public sector as the UK withdraws from the EU.
The notional deficit in Scotland’s public finances has fallen by £1.3bn over the past year, but still stands at 8.3% of GDP, more than three times the UK level, according to the annual...
Raising the top rate of income tax to 50% could raise up to £2bn more for the Treasury but could also cost more than double that depending on how high earners react, according to Institute for...
Every university in England has now committed to working with schools from 2018-19 to improve access to higher education, the Office for Fair Access has said.
Liability for business rates should be extended to private schools, universities and local authority arms-length operations, an independent review of non-domestic local taxation in Scotland has...
UK public finances recorded their first surplus for the month of July since 2002, as the government brought in an extra £0.2bn, Office for National Statistics figures have shown.
County council leaders have written to health secretary Jeremy Hunt asking him to reconsider proposals to withhold social care funding if bed-blocking targets are not met.
The UK is too reliant on big public sector contracts and needs to improve competition to ensure good value for money, according to the Taxpayers’ Alliance.
Scotland’s public finances are especially vulnerable to damage from the Brexit process, and ministers should be putting contingencies in place now to absorb future economic shocks, CIPFA has...
