Some councils appear to be taking advantage of what they see as a loophole in the legislation regarding the Housing Revenue Account. But such attempts are not only morally wrong, they are legally...
Councils have been criticised for ‘turning a blind eye’ when home care providers pay their staff below the minimum wage. But commissioners should and do assume that bids include wage...
The PASC has called for a new parliamentary commission on the future of the civil service. But a fresh inquiry will only be justified if it focuses on the nuts and bolts of how to make Whitehall...
The government’s welfare revolution faces delays following significant IT problems. It’s a blow to ministers but provides an opportunity to correct design flaws and properly test systems
It’s good that the government wants to encourage more investment in social enterprises. But the plan to introduce a new tax relief raises some difficult questions for the chancellor, the taxman...
A lack of useable public information on how Whitehall performs means that assessing its overall effectiveness is an impossible task for any ‘armchair auditor’
