Accountants have been 'part of the problem' in contributing to climate change and now need to become part of the solution, Sir Michael Peat, the Prince of Wales' private secretary has warned.
Social care will continue to deteriorate unless the government urgently reviews its spending plans and radically overhauls the system, campaigners have warned.
The new GPs' contract introduced in 2004 has cost £1.76bn more than the Department of Health planned and led to GP partners' income soaring by 58% over three years.
Local government leaders are calling for league tables and crude national comparisons to be scrapped when Comprehensive Area Assessments are introduced.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown should hold a root-and-branch review of English governance and the Barnett funding formula, the Institute for Public Policy Research said this week.
The row over school selection in Northern Ireland is to be resolved at a meeting of Executive ministers, Finance Minister Peter Robinson has told Public Finance in an exclusive interview.
The Jobcentre Plus agency has won praise from the National Audit Office, after establishing more than 850 offices around the country in a project that was completed for £314m less than the original £...
The government must provide greater long-term mental health care for armed forces veterans and families, the Commons defence select committee has urged.
Monitor has issued a 'hands-off' warning to the Department of Health and told NHS foundation trusts they must rethink their relationships with their strategic health authorities.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced a plan for tackling violent crime just three days ahead of a National Audit Office report warning that the government lacked a long-term strategic approach to...
Six central government departments, spending a total of more than £45bn, do not have a professionally qualified finance director on the board, more than a year after a Treasury deadline.
The Home Office's failure to have its accounts in good working order was 'inexcusable', its permanent secretary told a Treasury and CIPFA-hosted symposium on financial management in London on...
A brief surge in house-building by local authorities in England has failed to increase the number of council homes significantly, government figures reveal.
Chancellor Alistair Darling's forecasts for the public finances are too optimistic and painful choices are needed to get them back on track, despite higher-than-expected tax receipts, leading...
