The Department for Work and Pensions is making little headway in its struggle to tackle benefit fraud, the auditor general has said in qualifying its accounts for the 14th year in a row.
Christmas has come two weeks early for local government and, in an unlikely turn of events, Gordon Brown has been transformed from Scrooge to Santa Claus.
Council tax bills in Scotland are set to rise by an average of about 4.5%, after the local government funding settlement announced this week by Finance and Public Services Minister Andy Kerr.
The amount Scotland receives from the Treasury to make up for a shortfall in tax income has increased to £8bn, according to the Scottish Executive's latest assessment of the country's finances.
A former chief executive of the North of Scotland Water Authority, Katharine Bryan, is to be the new chief executive of the Northern Ireland Water Service.
A Treasury-commissioned report on the state of the UK housing market has prompted calls for a £2bn funding boost to reverse the 'crisis' that has plagued the social housing sector.
Local authorities pledged to do their 'level best' to keep council tax rises to a minimum after Gordon Brown unveiled a £406m cash injection in his Pre-Budget Report this week.
The government has shown it is more interested in finance than patients by appointing a former banker as the independent regulator of foundation trusts, according to a leading critic of the...
NHS finance salaries must not be downgraded under a new pay system due to be implemented next autumn, leading health service accountants told the Healthcare Financial Management Association...
Regional housing boards will be given more time to draw up future funding plans, but have been warned they must continue to reflect government priorities.
Soldiers were sent into combat in Iraq without essential equipment such as body armour and protective suits to guard against chemical weapon attacks, according to the National Audit Office.
Department of Transport officials did not adequately test the financial plan that launched the beleaguered National Air Traffic Services, relying on 'blind optimism,' MPs have reported.
The government's planned extension of patient choice will work only if there is a 'fundamental' change in the relationship between patients and health care professionals, the NHS Confederation said...
All public bodies will be required to produce commercial-style accounts by 2006 under Treasury plans to improve the sector's financial transparency and service delivery.
The economic development agency Scottish Enterprise (SE) has been criticised by auditor general Bob Black for the way it used outside consultants and contractors.
Teaching unions have hit back at the chief inspector of schools after he blamed inadequate teaching for the lack of progress towards targets for literacy and numeracy among primary school children.
Devolution is here to stay and is likely to continue to evolve throughout the UK, according to one of the principal architects of the Scottish Executive.
The Audit Commission waded into the bitter council tax row this week with research laying the blame for England's 12.9% average rise in the tax on the government's poor funding system and its...
Audit Scotland is to appoint a managing director of audit services, a new post that has been created as part of a major reorganisation, it was disclosed this week.
The first joint public-private partnership between local authorities has ended after 18 months of negotiations, with Northamptonshire County Council walking away citing an 'unbridgeable funding gap'...
The chief executive of the Criminal Records Bureau defended its second hike in fees in nine months this week, claiming the 17% increase would more accurately reflect the costs of the service.
