Business leaders have 'no faith' in the government's efficiency programme or in its ability to deliver promises on reforms to public services, the CBI has warned.
A government pledge to spend an extra £10m on preventing postal ballot fraud has been dismissed as a 'half measure' which will not stop voting malpractice at next month's general election.
An investigation into management practices at Waterways Ireland, a cross-border quango, has concluded that there was a culture of patronage, bullying and secrecy emanating from the chief executive.
Public Accounts Committee chair Edward Leigh has accused the European Union of 'institutionalised inertia' over failing to make its financial dealings more accountable.
The use of design, build, operate and maintain contracts for light rail has driven up costs as bidders increase tender prices to try to cover risks over which they have no control.
Inmates at Britain's largest women's prison are continuing to live in unacceptably dirty conditions, facing serial infestations of pigeons, insects and mice, according to a stinging report from the...
The current review of local government finance in Scotland must be conducted in concert with the wider reform of services, senior public finance officials have warned.
At least 25 members of Northern Ireland's regional education and library boards have resigned in protest at cuts implemented after a tough financial settlement from the Department of Education.
Scottish councils should manage their financial reserves now totalling more than £1bn to help cut council tax bills, the Accounts Commission has advised.
British governments must rein in spending on pensions and health care over the next 30 years or the country's debt rating could be downgraded to 'junk' status, credit experts have warned.
Whitehall staff could become the biggest beneficiaries of the government's decision to rethink public sector pension proposals after being promised new talks on pay and job security.
The NHS Confederation has called for payment by results to be introduced for accident and emergency care after MPs criticised casualty services this week.
Public sector auditors will 'significantly reduce' their scrutiny of specific service areas to focus on organisations' corporate centres, under new principles published this week.
People will no longer languish in 'dead-end' jobs, the education secretary promised this week as she unveiled plans to extend skills training across the entire workforce.
