Candidates standing for election as police and crime commissioners should be asked to sign an “ethical checklist” to demonstrate their personal commitment to high standards, the public...
Businesses in the North overwhelmingly back the Northern Powerhouse but are urging the government to be more radical on devolution of transport and infrastructure spending.
CIPFA has called for an end to the council tax freeze which has been in place in Scotland since 2007, and for Scottish councils to be given the freedom to raise and set local taxes.
English councils are facing cuts of £3.3bn in central government funding next year, putting further pressure on services like elderly care, child protection and road maintenance, the Local...
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has scaled back the government’s £38bn rail investment programme, suspending electrification work in the North and Midlands.
NHS Wales’ performance against the 26-week target in orthopaedic care dipped recently, auditors have concluded, warning that more sustainable plans were needed to meet the rising demand for...
The Cabinet Office is not using information it holds on staff demographics and views to hold government departments to account on civil service diversity, auditors have said.
A renewed focus on cost management across the NHS is needed as part of efforts to deliver reforms set out in the health service’s Five Year Forward View, the Health Foundation said today.
Government disposal of public land for new homes was “slower than expected”, but still met the target to release enough sites to build up to 100,000 new dwellings by the end of 2014/15,...
Councils in the north of England have been urged to set out their planning priorities for the region as part of a project that will consider the creation of a strategic spatial plan.
Lord Laming is to chair an independent review considering why looked-after children are over-represented in the criminal justice system in England and Wales.
Any reforms to business rates must change the process for appeals against property valuations in order to protect councils from “speculative” reviews, the Local Government Association has said today.
David Cameron has today pledged to end the “merry-go-round” of low-paid workers having their wages taxed but then receiving in-work benefits such as tax credits.
Government changes to UK immigration rules could “cause chaos” in the NHS and cost the health service millions of pounds, the Royal College of Nursing has warned today.
Children and families minister Edward Timpson has made £4.5m available to help councils form regional adoption agencies as part of moves to ensure all authorities are collaborating in groups by...
Jeremy Hunt has launched a review of the measures used to assess the quality of care in GP practices, with performance scorecards set to form part of “a new deal” for primary care.
Essex County Council has set out a three-year “invest to save” plan in order to ensure it can continue to provide public services while also balancing its budget.
Neither the Treasury nor the Cabinet Office currently monitor how well payment-by-results schemes work, despite £15bn being spent through the contracts, the National Audit Office has said.
Energy secretary Amber Rudd has announced the government will close the subsidy scheme for onshore wind farms from next April, one year earlier than planned.
Welsh public services minister Leighton Andrews has set out options for the possible reorganisation of councils in Wales that would see them cut down to eight or nine depending on how north Wales is...
