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15 Feb 19
London’s failed Garden Bridge project cost the taxpayer £43m in total, figures have shown.
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15 Feb 19
Policing needs more money to ease the pressure on struggling officers, who are increasingly working alone at increased risk, a police association has warned.
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15 Feb 19
A Department for Work and Pensions employee has pleaded guilty to fraud worth more than £40,000 in universal credit payments.
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15 Feb 19
Spelthorne Borough Council will drop its controversial commercial property investment strategy to focus on housebuilding.
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15 Feb 19
Steps must to be taken to protect more people from falling into poverty in the wake of a no-deal Brexit, poverty charities have urged.
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15 Feb 19
The UK has donated £6.5m to deliver medicines and clean water to people affected by the crisis in Venezuela.
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15 Feb 19
A more consistent approach to social housebuilding over the past 20 years could have saved the government £7bn in housing benefit payments, research has found.
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14 Feb 19
This year’s Government Counter Fraud Awards have been handed out at a glitzy event in London.
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14 Feb 19
The government has rejected plans to devolve powers and funding to Yorkshire.
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14 Feb 19
MPs have criticised the government’s decision to reject their calls to ease benefit sanctions for claimants, saying the system is pushing people into “grinding poverty”.
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14 Feb 19
Swiss NGOs face losing out on European Union aid funds – and UK organisations could be in the same boat – after Brussels indicated that only member states will be eligible.
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14 Feb 19
The majority - 97% - of councils in England plan to raise council tax in 2019-20, a survey has found.
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13 Feb 19
The success of the planned £2bn Scottish National Investment Bank could be undermined by inadequate capitalisation and vulnerability to political interference, the Scottish Government has been warned.
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13 Feb 19
A “radical overhaul” of public service audit is needed to give the public confidence over how its money is spent, according to recommendations from a think-tank.
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12 Feb 19
A “Herculean effort” is needed to ensure the NHS fully benefits from digital advancements in the future, a charity has said.
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12 Feb 19
The chancellor’s claim that the Brexit agreement would bring a ‘deal dividend’ to keep taxes low and support public services is “not credible”, a group of MPs has said.
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12 Feb 19
Calls for a multi-billion-pound cut in the UK’s foreign aid budget and the abolition of the Department for International Development are a “recipe for disaster”, NGOs have warned.
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12 Feb 19
Key ambitions for the NHS long-term plan are under threat because of chronic workforce shortages, a health think-tank has warned.
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11 Feb 19
Local government can expect an “ungenerous” deal in the Spending Review but it maybe be able to raise more in council tax.
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11 Feb 19
Growth in the UK economy last year slowed to its lowest rate since 2012 amid Brexit uncertainty, figures have shown.
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11 Feb 19
Public services face years more of austerity unless the chancellor hands out billions of extra pounds at the Spending Review, an economic think-tank has warned.
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8 Feb 19
A Rochdale Borough Council worker has been jailed for using his job to defraud the local authority of £80,000.
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8 Feb 19
The government’s 30-hours childcare scheme is “entrenching disadvantage” by failing to include the poorest children, MPs have warned.
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8 Feb 19
Half of councils in England are likely to incur penalties for failing to meet house-building targets by 2020, the spending watchdog has found.
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8 Feb 19
Analysis of the Scottish draft budget has brought fresh questions over the role of tax policy in public spending north of the border.
15 Feb 19London’s failed Garden Bridge project cost the taxpayer £43m in total, figures have shown.
15 Feb 19Policing needs more money to ease the pressure on struggling officers, who are increasingly working alone at increased risk, a police association has warned.
15 Feb 19A Department for Work and Pensions employee has pleaded guilty to fraud worth more than £40,000 in universal credit payments.
15 Feb 19Spelthorne Borough Council will drop its controversial commercial property investment strategy to focus on housebuilding.
15 Feb 19Steps must to be taken to protect more people from falling into poverty in the wake of a no-deal Brexit, poverty charities have urged.
15 Feb 19The UK has donated £6.5m to deliver medicines and clean water to people affected by the crisis in Venezuela.
15 Feb 19A more consistent approach to social housebuilding over the past 20 years could have saved the government £7bn in housing benefit payments, research has found.
14 Feb 19This year’s Government Counter Fraud Awards have been handed out at a glitzy event in London.
14 Feb 19The government has rejected plans to devolve powers and funding to Yorkshire.
14 Feb 19MPs have criticised the government’s decision to reject their calls to ease benefit sanctions for claimants, saying the system is pushing people into “grinding poverty”.
14 Feb 19Swiss NGOs face losing out on European Union aid funds – and UK organisations could be in the same boat – after Brussels indicated that only member states will be eligible.
14 Feb 19The majority - 97% - of councils in England plan to raise council tax in 2019-20, a survey has found.
13 Feb 19The success of the planned £2bn Scottish National Investment Bank could be undermined by inadequate capitalisation and vulnerability to political interference, the Scottish Government has been warned.
13 Feb 19A “radical overhaul” of public service audit is needed to give the public confidence over how its money is spent, according to recommendations from a think-tank.
12 Feb 19A “Herculean effort” is needed to ensure the NHS fully benefits from digital advancements in the future, a charity has said.
12 Feb 19The chancellor’s claim that the Brexit agreement would bring a ‘deal dividend’ to keep taxes low and support public services is “not credible”, a group of MPs has said.
12 Feb 19Calls for a multi-billion-pound cut in the UK’s foreign aid budget and the abolition of the Department for International Development are a “recipe for disaster”, NGOs have warned.
12 Feb 19Key ambitions for the NHS long-term plan are under threat because of chronic workforce shortages, a health think-tank has warned.
11 Feb 19Local government can expect an “ungenerous” deal in the Spending Review but it maybe be able to raise more in council tax.
11 Feb 19Growth in the UK economy last year slowed to its lowest rate since 2012 amid Brexit uncertainty, figures have shown.
11 Feb 19Public services face years more of austerity unless the chancellor hands out billions of extra pounds at the Spending Review, an economic think-tank has warned.
8 Feb 19A Rochdale Borough Council worker has been jailed for using his job to defraud the local authority of £80,000.
8 Feb 19The government’s 30-hours childcare scheme is “entrenching disadvantage” by failing to include the poorest children, MPs have warned.
8 Feb 19Half of councils in England are likely to incur penalties for failing to meet house-building targets by 2020, the spending watchdog has found.
8 Feb 19Analysis of the Scottish draft budget has brought fresh questions over the role of tax policy in public spending north of the border.
