The Ministry of Defence maintained its woeful record on procurement this week with a report revealing that its top 20 major projects are running an average of 18 months late and £3.1bn over budget.
Cambridgeshire County Council is warning of a 10% hike in its council tax if the government forces it to fully passport funding to schools, despite meeting ministers' minimum spending targets.
The government is planning a crackdown against 31 councils on a secret Whitehall hit list identifying those likely to set inflation-busting council tax increases, as the issue dominated the political...
A major increase in revenue and capital expenditure has been announced by acting Northern Ireland finance minister Ian Pearson, who has published his revised Budget.
The Department for Transport has emphatically dismissed claims that it scrapped a Strategic Rail Authority report highlighting chronic underinvestment in the rail infrastructure.
A bitter political row has broken out this week after the Welsh Assembly government announced that it was going to tackle bed-blocking with money earmarked by Chancellor Gordon Brown for keeping down...
Local government employers want an end to the traditional annual pay talks in favour of multi-year deals, with both English and Scottish councils looking for two-and three-year packages.
The prison and probation services are to be merged in a shake-up of correctional services in England and Wales, which ministers promise will curb inmate numbers and deliver better value for money.
The prospect of strike action by 100,000 civil servants at five government departments loomed large this week after members of Whitehall's biggest union began voting on what they described as '...
Senior local authority figures this week warned councils to seize the opportunity to shape Whitehall's Balance of Funding review or face an unpopular regime being imposed upon them.
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.
Senior civil servants will be given training in commercial skills to improve the government's procurement record, a Whitehall report revealed this week.
Whitehall's biggest union is on collision course with the Treasury after it voted heavily in favour of a return to a national pay framework for civil servants, despite Gordon Brown's support for...
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.
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...
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.
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 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.
Stronger performance indicators on cutting obesity and smoking, a national strategy on obesity and more resources for public health services are likely to result from the second Wanless Review.
