Transport Secretary Justine Greening today confirmed that the government will go ahead with a £32.7bn high-speed rail line linking London to Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester.
The Unite trade union has rejected the government’s reform proposals for local government pensions, blaming a crisis of confidence and trust in Communities Secretary Eric Pickles.
Council funding reform will be a ‘wasted opportunity’ if ministers continue to exert control over business rates, local authorities in London warned today.
Scotland’s deputy first minister today accused David Cameron of trying to interfere in Scottish affairs, as the British Cabinet met to discuss forcing the pace and the scope of Holyrood’s referendum...
Plans to allow councils to retain a share of their business rates could disadvantage areas where service need suddenly increases, according to a group of 46 municipal local authorities.
Two teaching unions have refused to sign up to the main points of the government’s public sector pension changes, bringing the total rejections to three in the past day.
MPs have backed the government’s plan to increase aid to conflict-affected countries, but want funding to be dependent on transparency and accountability.
One million housing association tenants currently excluded from the right to buy scheme should be given the opportunity to purchase their own home, according to a report published by the Institute...
Trade union Unite has today refused to sign up to the government’s reform plan for the NHS pension scheme, saying that the offer late last year was not satisfactory.
Public spending on higher education in England will fall to its lowest proportion in more than a century once the government’s funding reforms take effect, the University and College Union said today.
NHS trusts have made a ‘strong start’ to the production of annual quality accounts, but need to link the process to their wider improvement work, auditors have concluded.
Teachers’ unions have slammed Education Secretary Michael Gove for claiming that anyone opposing his push for more academy schools is ‘happy with failure’.
Planned changes to the tax and benefit system will hit the incomes of families with children hardest and increase child poverty, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Demand for public sector staff in the UK continues to collapse and is now only a third of the level recorded two years ago, according to a monthly job market survey.
Care services minister Paul Burstow has responded to claims of a growing social care crisis by stressing that reform is an urgent priority for the government.
