Poor understanding of the responsibilities and vision of the West of England Combined Authority is preventing the region from benefiting fully from devolution, an independent report has found.
The Bank of England’s decision to raise interest rates at an eleventh consecutive Monetary Policy Committee meeting shows it is less focused on financial stability risks than fighting inflation at...
Just 1% of fraudulent or incorrect Covid-19 business grant payments have been recovered by councils, because there are no incentives for them to do so, the National Audit Office has said.
Significant concerns over governance have led external auditors for the London Borough of Croydon to issue statutory recommendations, including that the authority shows how its 15% council tax rise...
To get brilliant people from the private sector or local government into Whitehall, the Civil Service needs to fix its reputation, increase pay and ensure there are sufficient senior roles to...
The reluctance of the Treasury to extend fiscal devolution to local government across England will hold back what was supposed to be the government’s flagship policy, experts have said.
A “fundamental shift” in culture at Slough Borough Council is needed to avoid it being broken up, the government has warned after reading a report from the team trying to turn the organisation around.
The government wants to step up its intervention in the London Borough of Croydon because, despite the council's hard work, it is continuing to not meet its best value duty.
Despite higher tax income and lower spending on energy support, the government has less fiscal headroom than any in recent years, the Office for Budget Responsibility has said.
The Budget contained billions of pounds of tax cuts for businesses and measures aimed at getting people back to work, but elephants in the room such as public sector pay and struggling services...
