Welfare spending across 26 benefits, including elements of the Universal Credit, is to be capped at £119.5bn from 2015/16, Chancellor George Osborne has announced
The size of the UK economy is set to return to its pre-recession level this year, Chancellor George Osborne said today as he set out latest Office for Budget Responsibility growth forecasts
The number of people employed in the public sector fell by 159,000 to 5.5 million in the last three months of 2013 following the reclassification of the Royal Mail after privatisation, the Office for...
Ministers have announced an increase in the amount of money that the government will provide to subsidise childcare as part of Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget
One-third of all young people will either be out of work or trapped in underemployment by 2018 based on current trends, the Local Government Association has warned.
Delays in assessing people for the new disability benefits are unacceptably long, with some claims taking more than six months to process, MPs said today.
There should be a ‘presumption of openness’ on the publication of public data and government needs to devise ways to maximise its economic potential, MPs have said.
The chair of the government company planning the construction of the High Speed 2 rail link has called on ministers to speed up the building timetable to spread the benefits of the line across the...
Many of the school inspectors used by education watchdog Ofsted lack the skills and experience to do the job effectively now the government has given greater independence to schools, a think-tank has...
Local authorities lose more than £200m as a result of council tax reductions given to single people in large homes, and town halls should be given the freedom to scrap the discount, the Local...
City Deals that will provide nearly £200m of public funds to boost the growth prospects of Sunderland and Stoke-on-Trent have been signed by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.
The Office for Budget Responsibility should be given the power to vary VAT, income and corporate tax rates to ensure the sustainability of the public finances, the think-tank Reform said today.
Any additional cuts to local government funding announced in next week’s Budget would compromise the ability of local government to boost economic growth, counties have warned
Outsourcing by government departments risks creating ‘a shadow state’ where public spending is not transparent, and reforms are needed to increase accountability, the Public Accounts Committee has...
Public sector employers will need to increase the amount they pay into occupational pension schemes, as current levels are insufficient to meet the future costs, the Treasury has announced.
Councils need to invest more in their procurement skills to ensure they get best value from the £45bn spent on good and services across local government every year, a committee of MPs has said.
The government and councils do not know if the limits of the adult social care system to provide quality care are being reached as demand rises and funding is squeezed, auditors have warned.
A sharp fall in North Sea revenues last year has increased Scotland’s notional public finances deficit to £12bn, a significantly higher per capita figure than for the rest of the UK, according to the...
