Public sector managers and politicians will have to ditch their embedded opposition to shared services and offshoring to achieve the savings required by the Comprehensive Spending Review, CIPFA...
Scottish local government finance could be heading for a radical change if a move to outcome budgeting is sanctioned by the new Executive, CIPFA delegates heard on June 13.
Britain will honour the aid pledges it made at Gleneagles in 2005, even if others are reneging on them, Development Secretary Hilary Benn has told Public Finance
The tensions between the demands of politics and the need for effective public services illustrate the need to look carefully at proposals for independent management of public services, incoming...
The minority Scottish National Party administration at Holyrood could be forced to revise its budget under proposed reforms backed by opposition parties.
The Treasury has attempted to reassure investors that it remains committed to the Private Finance Initiative, despite accountancy rule changes that could add an extra £23bn of debt to public sector...
The UK is one of just two 'rich' nations that have promised to increase average state pension payments over the next few years, with most countries seeking to cut contributions by over 20%,...
The public sector faces a back-to-the-future scenario under this year's Comprehensive Spending Review, according to Robert Chote, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Scottish Water has outperformed its operating targets, reducing costs by £160m a year or 40% in real terms, the Water Industry Commission for Scotland has disclosed.
Proposals to restructure equality legislation need to be seen as an opportunity to tackle entrenched social inequalities, according to the Commission for Equality and Human Rights.
Pupils in faith primary schools do no better than children in secular state primaries once covert selection has been eliminated, research from the London School of Economics has found.
Large housing associations have stepped into the debate over how much landlords can afford to borrow by warning the government to keep its hands off their surpluses.
The Local Government Association has published a 'prospectus' outlining what every high-performing council should be doing and detailing areas where more work is needed.
The Welsh Local Government Association has welcomed First Minister Rhodri Morgan's commitment to consider reallocating some business rates to councils.
Senior MPs have demanded that ministers redouble efforts to address the 'serious crisis' of the over-representation of black people in the criminal justice system.
Revenue and Customs needs to sharpen its negotiating skills after the cost of a ten-year IT contract soared to £8.5bn, the Public Accounts Committee has said.
Scotland's auditor general, Bob Black, is to review the cost projections of controversial airport rail link and tram plans for Edinburgh before a final decision is made on whether the projects should...
Spending on temporary nurses in the NHS is continuing to rise in spite of an increase in permanent staff coming onstream, the Commons Public Accounts Committee says.
Whitehall departments and government agencies are failing to implement measures to combat climate change, according to a survey of civil servants published this week.
Whitehall departments could have their contributions to cross-government policies reviewed under Gordon Brown's plans to broaden responsibility for crucial public services, Public Finance has...
Ministers were this week accused of trying to sneak 'through the back door' a controversial decision over their child maintenance reforms after omitting it from a new Bill.
The NHS will report an official net surplus of around £510m for 2006/07, the Department of Health confirmed on June 6. But the apparent turnaround was created by withholding £1.28bn until balance...
