The past ten years have seen the economy go from boom to bust, and the public finances spiral out of control. Tony Travers relives a decade of war, terrorism and financial
collapse – and asks, is it...
Replacing the Barnett Formula with a needs-based system would be ‘relatively straightforward’, according to the Independent Commission on Funding and Finance for Wales
Public officials are calling on the Cabinet and Opposition to reveal how they plan to close the fiscal gap, after the Pre-Budget Report underlined the depth of the crisis without fully detailing how...
Public sector bodies were left in suspense over their future funding after Chancellor Alistair Darling refused to set out spending plans beyond 2010/11 in his Pre-Budget Report on December 9
Scotland’s finance secretary has decided to retain the existing funding system for Scottish councils after rejecting claims that it is anomalous and unfair
In the Pre-Budget Report, the chancellor must consider cutting non-essential public services and make sure others are being provided efficiently – even if this means outsourcing, argues Jon Sibson
The recession is forcing all parts of the UK public sector to enter into shared service arrangements, according to a CIPFA survey of finance and resources directors
The government will set out plans to rationalise funding of public services alongside measures to slash the fiscal deficit in the Pre-Budget Report on December 9
Shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Philip Hammond has said the Conservatives would transfer the management of the government’s property assets to a separate publicly owned company
Urgent action is needed across the public sector to lessen the longer-term impact of spending cuts on jobs and services, the auditor general for Scotland has warned
The public sector should have introduced a pay and recruitment freeze last year and must now curb final-salary pensions, the director general of the British Chambers of Commerce has claimed
The government must balance the need to reduce the public deficit against fears that swift public spending cuts could worsen the recession, economists have warned
