Only one in ten councils is making preparations for the soaring costs of providing services for an ageing population, according to the Audit Commission
The first reports from 13 pilot projects provide a wealth of data. One thing is clear: public services focus too much on symptoms and too little on causes
Northern Ireland’s 26 district councils have agreed their domestic and non-domestic rates for 2010/11, with variations in the increases imposed ranging from zero to more than 8%.
Funding to expand free nursery education for all should be redirected to only help children from the poorest families, according to report published today
Giving children the best possible start in life should be the priority to reduce inequalities in life expectancy, says a government-commissioned report published today
Following a government green paper, defence professionals are coming to terms with inevitable budget cuts and are asking where they would hit least hard. Lucy Phillips reports
Seventeen councils are to receive £1m to train staff as part of a campaign to turn hundreds of empty private homes into social housing or sell them to first-time buyers.
The chair of an influential MPs’ panel on the environment has claimed that a new carbon emissions trading scheme covering much of the public sector could prove to be ineffective.
Public sector organisations face a bill of more than £40bn in Private Finance Initiative charges over the lifetime of the next Parliament – as part of a £217bn total liability stretching over three...
Welsh Assembly Members have voted to hold a referendum on whether Wales should have full powers to legislate over devolved areas without input from Westminster.
Government plans to provide free care at home for those most in need have come under renewed fire as the care watchdog published its first survey of services across the country
Police forces will struggle to handle declining budgets unless a cross-party consensus is reached on cutting officer numbers, according to the former head of the Metropolitan Police
A senior member of the Wales Audit Office executive team has been named as interim auditor general for Wales after the sudden resignation of Jeremy Colman last week
