Labour would create a ‘one budget’ health and social care system to ensure better integration between the different types of care, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham said today.
Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude has launched a critique of Whitehall civil servants, claiming they do not always implement ministerial decisions.
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has scrapped the West Coast Main Line rail franchise competition, citing ‘unacceptable mistakes’ by his department.
Local government pension funds should join together into pooled investment groups to invest in local infrastructure schemes, the Smith Institute think-tank has said.
Councils could have to find an extra £5m to fund the Community Right to Bid, despite ministerial promises that any new burdens would be centrally financed, Unison has claimed.
Labour would keep the East Coast rail franchise in government hands to provide a ‘public sector comparator’ with private train operators, shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle has revealed.
Affordable housing will be a priority for the Scottish Futures Trust in the next financial year, finance director Peter Reekie has told Public Finance.
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls today called on the government to use the £4bn windfall from the sale of the next generation of mobile phone licences to build 100,000 new homes.
The Independent Commission for Aid Impact has been winning plaudits for its work scrutinising the UK’s spending on overseas development. It could lead to a more positive evaluation of the aid budget
A successful outcome to the negotiations over next year’s local government pay deal is vital to ensure the future of the currently ‘moribund’ national pay framework for council workers, a senior...
Mergers of failing NHS hospitals should be halted because this approach only worsens problems, a health adviser to the previous Labour government has said.
A group of councils are considering the first major local government bond issue since the 1980s as part of proposals to back a range of green energy projects.
Secondary schools in England are to receive additional funding to help pupils who have fallen behind in English and maths at primary school, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced today.
Trade unions have urged the government to scrap plans for regional pay in the public sector after the Liberal Democrat conference voted yesterday against the change.
