The NHS is failing to recover enough money from overseas patients because its current systems are “chaotic”, MPs on the Public Accounts Committee have said.
The leader of the UK’s largest local authority has claimed asset management fees paid by local government pension schemes are “sucking in” money that could be used to offset...
Local government pension schemes may have paid out as much as £9bn in fees to fund managers over the last decade, almost double the reported figures, according to the Centre for Policy Studies.
City council leaders have called on the government to free urban authorities to replicate the work of visionary local government reformer Joseph Chamberlain in order to help cities prepare for Brexit.
Mandating public sector organisations in England to take on at least 250 apprentices every year is not an efficient way to boost skills in the sector, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned.
Local authorities have warned that a series of flagship social care reforms introduced in 2015 will fail unless the government provides a funding boost for services.
Almost one third of community councils in Wales are failing to either prepare their accounts on time, manage risk, or set an appropriate budget, according to the Welsh spending watchdog.
The Ministry of Defence needs to find almost £6bn of savings over the next ten years in order for its equipment plan to be affordable, the National Audit Office has said.
Forging a trade deal with the European Union must be Britain’s top priority in negotiations, because the bloc is the largest export market for 61 of 62 of the nation’s cities, a think-tank has said.
The government has been accused of appearing soft on the super-rich by employing dedicated personal advisors to help high net worth individuals manage their tax affairs, the public accounts committee...
A report that the government has clawed back £384m of funding for schools amid a ‘cash crisis’ in education has sparked criticism from teaching unions.
The government should not reconsider its oft-criticised commitment to spending 0.7% of national income on overseas aid, the former prime minister told a committee yesterday.
The West of England City region has enjoyed a strong economic recovery, however gains are at risk of being offset by rising rents and house prices, according to the Resolution Foundation.
The government has become ‘overloaded’ ahead of Brexit due to civil service cuts, and is falling behind on key transparency measures, according to the Institute for Government.
The presiding officer’s casting vote has enabled finance secretary Derek Mackay to escape a symbolic Holyrood defeat on the eve of publishing his Budget Bill.
The UK economy grew by 0.6% in the final three months of 2016, on par with the two previous quarters, according to provisional estimates from the Office for National Statistics.
Nine out of ten ambulance trusts in England failed to meet all three of their response time targets in 2015-16 amid rising demand for services, the National Audit Office has found.
Local authorities in Wales working with charities and voluntary organisations must do more to demonstrate they are receiving value for money, the auditor general for Wales has said.
Growing levels of public sector corruption around the world have fuelled the rise of populist politicians, Transparency International said as it released its 2016 Corruption Perceptions Index.
Government plans to upgrade the radio communication network used by Britain’s emergency services are likely to be delayed at a cost of £475m per year, the Public Accounts Committee has...
A large majority of local authorities in England look likely to use Public Sector Audit Appointments to procure their auditors – but any intending to do so must notify them by 9 March, its...
Senior council executives in Scotland should lose their system of multi-thousand pound payments for acting as returning officers at elections and referendums, according to MSPs.
The Supreme Court has upheld the High Court’s ruling that the government must gain parliamentary approval before it triggers article 50, the formal mechanism that will begin Britain’s...
