Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney has promised a council tax freeze in Scotland for the second successive year despite local authority fears about new financial pressures
Chancellor Alistair Darling's Keynesian plans to increase public spending and borrowing in a bid to lift the economy stirred controversy this week as Opposition politicians attacked the...
Public spending is back in fashion as the government attempts to minimise the effects of the recession. Will this new approach aid Gordon Brown's political revival and what will be the impact on next...
Public sector investors should look beyond credit ratings and ensure they are in dialogue with banking institutions to minimise the risks around deposits, the Financial Services Authority has said
Labour and the Scottish National Party this week put aside their party differences to unite to try to revive the Scottish economy and avoid a recession
The crisis in the markets has left a trail of financial giants in tatters. Public services, especially those with Icelandic investments, are feeling the strain. Paul Gosling reports on how the sector...
Scottish local authority leaders have threatened to withdraw their latest pay offer for council employees after it was rejected by public sector unions
Funding allocations for local councils could be set by an independent committee rather than the government under plans being drawn up by the Conservative Party, Public Finance can exclusively reveal
The financial crisis will increase the cost of Private Finance Initiative projects, while the slowdown in the economy could cause further problems if contractor firms are hit, experts have warned
Rewriting the fiscal rules to bring them in line with those in the rest of Europe could provide Chancellor Alistair Darling with some much-needed wiggle room when he comes to deliver his Pre-Budget...
The Scottish Government is coming under pressure to renegotiate the local government finance settlement because of concerns over the cost of free school meals and its council tax freeze policy
Wyre Forest District Council in Worcestershire, Uttlesford District Council in Essex and Tamworth Borough Council in Staffordshire have been revealed as the three councils to receive emergency...
The government was still trying to assess the impact of the collapse of Iceland's banks on public sector bodies and their partners this week after admitting 13 councils were in short-term...
Around 2,000 health service jobs will be lost in Northern Ireland in the next three years as part of efficiency savings, Health Minister Michael McGimpsey has said
A ballot of civil servants was expected to show a vote in favour of strike action as union bosses contrasted low public sector pay rises with the government's £500bn bail-out of the banks
In this first article in a series looking ahead to the Pre-Budget Report, the Liberal Democrats' Vince Cable spells out the steps the chancellor should take to tackle the worst effects of the...
Economists have warned that the government's £500bn banking sector rescue package will lead to a further squeeze on public spending in two to three years' time and put public sector debt at its...
