Millions of pounds in public subsidies may have been gifted to overseas firms that exaggerated regional job creation plans when investing in the UK, the author of a new study has claimed.
Housing minister Keith Hill this week responded to private sector calls to boost the lethargic social housing Private Finance Initiative market with a programme to help tenants 'get better homes...
Councils need to focus on building up effective relationships with their partners as 'new localism' plans move forward over the next few months, according to the Improvement and Development Agency.
Senior public sector figures have spelled out their disappointment with the government after this year's Queen's Speech failed to outline an overarching vision for the future of public services.
Local authorities across the country are to be given powers already available in London to remove and destroy abandoned vehicles dumped in back streets.
The Serious Fraud Office has stepped in to investigate allegations of irregularities in the award of building contracts at Queen's Medical Centre Nottingham University Hospital Trust.
Plans to save the NHS £220m over the next ten years by outsourcing back-office functions rely on a heavy take-up of the scheme, Public Finance has learned.
Small companies are missing out on billions of pounds in public sector business each year because of the widespread myth that only large firms can deliver best value, their representative body claims...
The vast majority of patients in Scotland are satisfied with the service they receive from the NHS, though they are concerned that the public have little or no influence over the way it is run.
The Audit Commission has quashed speculation that it will include councils' response to freedom of information legislation in Comprehensive Performance Assessments.
Systemic weaknesses and flawed decision-making have been blamed by the Northern Ireland Audit Office for a collapsed civil service IT payroll contract.
Senior civil servants will be able to gain a professional finance qualification within two years under a fast-track scheme launched this week by CIPFA and Warwick Business School.
The inspection regime for councils and primary care trusts needs to start addressing how well they work with the voluntary sector, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Paul Boateng said this week.
Ministers should undertake a thorough financial analysis of all new responsibilities handed to schools and guarantee funding for indirect costs such as new buildings, the National Union of Teachers...
The number of staff employed by Scottish local authorities has broken through the 250,000 barrier, provoking predictable claims of bureaucracy overload.
Six towns have been named as growth areas in a wide-ranging blueprint for planning across Wales announced by Finance and Local Government Minister Sue Essex.
Lone parents who rely on state benefits to top up their earnings are more likely to escape poverty than families where the main wage earner is on low pay, says new research.