School standards in the East Midlands are the lowest in England across a range of indicators and local politicians must tackle the culture of low expectations, chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has...
Scotland should use the devolution of powers over tax and social security as an opportunity to create a single government department to run both systems, an independent think-tank has proposed.
Brexit campaigners have warned that Britain’s contributions to the European Union will increase if the country votes to stay in the bloc later this month.
Brexit would hit the pockets of poor and middle-class UK citizens just as hard as the country’s elite, research from the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics has claimed.
A charity has claimed that the Care Act has failed after revealing that council spending on support for disabled people and carers fell in the first year after implementation.
Greater use of technology across a host of local services could unlock millions of pounds of savings for councils, according to a Local Government Association analysis.
School funding per pupil is set to fall by 5.5% over this parliament according to an analysis of the impact of government reforms by the think-tank Reform.
An independent review of Scotland’s planning system has called for root-and-branch reform to engage the public more actively in improving the built environment by making the process more interesting...
Northern Powerhouse devolution plans should focus on boosting productivity, particularly improvements to skills and transport within cities, according to the Centre for Cities.
A treaty to end the double taxation of income in the UK and Algeria is to come into effect next year as part of efforts to increase trade between the two countries, a Treasury minister has confirmed.
A British exit from the European Union would hit the wages of workers by an average of £38 a week by 2030 due to lower trade, investment and economic demand, according to the Trades Union...
The Treasury is making progress on improving the quality of the Whole of Government Accounts and there is a path to removing the remaining qualifications, the National Audit Office’s report on the...
More than half of council leaders and chief executives believe that some authorities will face a financial crisis inside the next 12 months, a poll has found.
Radical action is needed to tackle delays in discharging older patients from hospital and stop the costs adding further strain to the financial sustainability of both the NHS and local government,...
A new Scottish social security agency, an education reform summit, and a 50-50 gender balance law for public boards are among the priorities for the Scottish National Party’s third term in government...
