International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde has called for higher contributions from member countries, warning that there is a need to ‘increase our firepower’ in response to the...
David Cameron will today defend the government’s economic policy, including changes to public sector pensions, when he launches the Conservatives’ campaign for next month’s local elections.
A £600m ‘Big Society’ fund was launched today by Prime Minister David Cameron to help charities and community groups expand and become more business-like.
The Liberal Democrats kicked off their local election campaign yesterday by highlighting their achievements in English councils and as members of the coalition government.
Surrey County Council’s decision to run some of its libraries entirely with volunteers was ruled unlawful in the High Court today, in the latest legal challenge to local government spending proposals.
The British Chambers of Commerce said today that Britain would avoid recession, estimating that gross domestic product grew by 0.3% in the first three months of the year.
Scottish local authorities’ progress towards common services and procurement is likely to be at the expense of Scottish suppliers, a management expert has warned.
Ed Miliband has launched Labour’s campaign for next month’s English local elections by promising that the party’s councils will act as the ‘last line of defence’ against the government’s ‘damaging’...
More than 1,400 adult care staff at The Highland Council have today been transferred to the NHS as part of Scottish Government plans to integrate social and health care provision.
The International Monetary Fund must speed up reforms to give developing countries a bigger say in the organisation, the leaders of the biggest emerging economies said yesterday.
The first half of 2012 will see ‘robust’ growth in the United States and Canada but much weaker activity in Europe, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said yesterday.
The government has launched a ‘right to choose’ campaign as part of its proposals to open up public services to a wider range of providers. This could also lead to legislation enshrining greater...
The International Monetary Fund has decided to lend Angola the remaining $132.9m of a package agreed in 2009, despite calls for the money to be withheld until the country explains a $32bn ‘...
The ten councils with the largest number of troubled families in England have agreed to join a government scheme that will pay them up to £4,000 for each problem household they help.
