Chief officers of public services in Scotland remain to be convinced of the benefits of shared services and whether these can produce projected savings of £750m, a survey has found.
A new system of regulatory budgets for Whitehall departments, setting out the cost of regulations that could be introduced in a given period, would be 'a world first', the government has claimed.
Environmental campaigners have urged the government to put climate change at the heart of next week's Budget, as a report by MPs warned that the Treasury was failing to act quickly enough on green...
Northern Ireland's four main publicly owned ports will cease to be public corporations under proposals to allow them the freedom to borrow privately without it being counted as public sector debt.
The Treasury's expert accountancy advisers have backed delaying central government's implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards by a year, because two key departments cannot meet...
Communities Secretary Hazel Blears has announced a white paper on empowering citizens after a government survey found that more than nine out of ten people thought local councils' accountability...
The government's promise to halve child poverty by 2010 will not be achieved unless significant resources are made available, according to a report by MPs on the Commons work and pensions select...
A lack of infrastructure, affordable housing and service provision is leaving rural residents feeling like 'second-class citizens', according to a report.
Local government leaders have attacked the government's determination to retain the Licensing Act while putting the onus on councils to deal with related problems.
