The crisis in the financial sector is likely to restore confidence in a 'public service ethos' within Whitehall, a former head of policy at Number 10 has said
Public sector investors should look beyond credit ratings and ensure they are in dialogue with banking institutions to minimise the risks around deposits, the Financial Services Authority has said
Labour and the Scottish National Party this week put aside their party differences to unite to try to revive the Scottish economy and avoid a recession
Home Office funding for locally led efforts to tackle violent crime is targeted at the consequences rather than the causes and should be changed to allow for strategic planning, MPs have said
The social care watchdog has called for a clearer and simpler framework for deciding who should be at the front of the queue for publicly funded services, and a national formula to underpin...
The government's proposal to build 180,000 affordable homes by 2011 is the latest victim of the credit crunch as housing associations are unable to raise the funding they pledged last year
Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney has promised a council tax freeze in Scotland for the second successive year despite local authority fears about new financial pressures
Chancellor Alistair Darling's Keynesian plans to increase public spending and borrowing in a bid to lift the economy stirred controversy this week as Opposition politicians attacked the...
The Audit Commission has defended its decision to deposit £10m in two of the troubled Icelandic banks, as it emerged that several other public sector watchdogs had stayed clear of investing in...
Too many large businesses are slipping through Revenue and Customs' net and failing to pay corporation tax, according to the Commons Public Accounts Committee
Town hall leaders are confident that they can meet targets to pay small and medium-sized suppliers more swiftly, to help them through the economic slowdown
The Department for Work and Pensions has conceded that benefit calculations are 'in need of further attention' after error levels doubled to reach £2bn in the past five years
A ballot of civil servants was expected to show a vote in favour of strike action as union bosses contrasted low public sector pay rises with the government's £500bn bail-out of the banks
The government's battle to reduce MRSA mortality figures is gaining ground but the latest figures for C difficile remain higher than ever, according to figures from the NHS Confederation.
