MPs today called on the government to do more to show that transport spending is being fairly spread across England, amid concerns that funds are being concentrated in London.
European Commission plans to withhold €495m of Hungary’s funding for 2013 over its failure to reduce its budget deficit are ‘unfounded and unfair’, the country’s government said yesterday.
The European Commission has slashed its 2012 growth forecasts for both the European Union and eurozone and said it now expects the 17 countries using the single currency to experience a ‘mild...
Finance directors’ fears are mounting over how their councils will be able to run services effectively and balance their books in the medium term, a CIPFA survey reveals.
Finance ministers from three European Union countries yesterday voted against formally signing off the EU’s 2010 accounts after they were qualified for the seventeenth year running.
Capita has been awarded a £250m civil service training contract on the understanding that at least half of the work will be put out to tender to small businesses.
The €130bn Greek bailout deal agreed yesterday provides a ‘comprehensive blueprint’ for putting the country’s public finances and economy back on a stable footing, according to European Union finance...
Chancellor George Osborne has been urged to use next month’s Budget to end uncertainty over whether corporation tax powers will be devolved to Northern Ireland.
The public sector recorded a surplus of £7.8bn last month, as a result of high tax payments and reduced borrowing from councils, figures from the Office for National Statistics reveal.
The UK Border Agency is to be split in two after an inquiry revealed that border checks had been regularly suspended since 2007, Home Secretary Theresa May has announced.
The European Commission has begun assessing whether International Public Sector Accounting Standards are suitable for adoption by all European Union member states.
A controversial deal that cut supply teachers’ pay to fund other educational priorities has left most Scottish councils struggling to meet requests for temporary cover, according to a Labour Party...
English councils are considering issuing small local bonds to raise funds for essential capital projects, according to the New Local Government Network.
The Accounts Commission has ordered an inquiry into a controversial deal whereby the chief of Scotland’s biggest fire brigade was able to return to post just weeks after retiring
