Three local government trade unions are to strike on July 10 after members of Unite voted to join Unison and the GMB in taking action in a dispute over pay.
The Treasury should produce and publish an assessment of the long-term affordability of consumer bills across all utility sectors, the Public Accounts Committee said today.
Long-term public spending plans are needed to help integrate local service provision, a senior figure involved in implementing the coalition’s flagship Community Budgets programme has said.
Scotland’s public service funding gap is likely to be smaller than the UK’s if the country becomes independent in 2016/17, an analysis by CIPFA has found.
All families should be given government help towards their childcare costs in a bid to encourage more mothers back to work, according to recommendations from the Institute for Public Policy Research.
There is public support for a merger of income tax and National Insurance to end the ‘misleading’ distinction between the rates, accountants PwC have found.
Councils in England face a £5.8bn funding gap over the next two years, and spending on adult social will tip councils into financial crisis if reforms are not successful, the Local Government...
Councils in England face a £5.8bn funding gap over the next two years, and spending on adult social will tip councils into financial crisis if reforms are not successful, the Local Government...
The National Audit Office has criticised the government for awarding £16.6bn worth of contracts for eight renewable energy generation projects without a competition.
More than two-thirds of councils and housing associations say new requirements to include social value measures in procurement contracts have improved services and cut costs, according to research...
The Department for Work and Pensions has been told by auditors that it must take action to better understand why there are overpayments in some welfare benefits after its accounts were qualified for...
CIPFA will be hosting an event at its Mansell Street offices on 3 November to mark 40 years since the publication of the Layfield report into local government finance, including contributions from...
CIPFA Scotland’s long-awaited referendum ‘balance sheet’ will be published shortly, accompanied by a plea for more transparent reporting of Scottish public finances, regardless of the outcome of the...
The Treasury is to limit the loan-to-income ratio of mortgages underwritten by the government’s Help to Buy scheme at 4.5:1 after the Bank of England announced restrictions on the use of these loans...
The Taxpayers’ Alliance has been criticised by councils and CIPFA after the group published an examination of town hall finances that found authorities had liabilities of more than £180bn.
The Public Accounts Committee has called on the government to do more to justify the £100bn spent on tax breaks every year after warning that the poorly-managed system of reliefs created...
More than £21.2bn of public spending went on contracts to 20 large outsourcing firms in 2012 and 2013, an analysis of 38 million government transactions by the Institute for Government has found.
MPs will today vote on Labour’s proposal to expand the role of the Office for Budget Responsibility to audit all major parties’ spending pledges ahead of the next election.
Greater transparency over the impact of government cuts on council funding is needed and ministers must stick to an agreed measure of local authority spending power, the chair of the House of Commons...
Government moves to increase the flexibility that councils have over spending Whitehall grants have made it more difficult to assess the value of town hall spending, the National Audit Office said...
More than £20m of funds to help people hit by government welfare changes, such as the introduction of the ‘bedroom tax’, was unclaimed by councils in 2013/14, the Department for Work and Pensions has...
Low pay costs the public purse between £3.6bn and £6bn every year in tax credits to boost wages and the government should encourage employers to pay the Living Wage to reduce this subsidy, a report...
The coalition’s NHS reforms have a created a ‘bizarre market culture’, while the drive for efficiency savings has destabilised services, the head of the British Medical Association has warned.
