The unsustainable rise in health spending could be ended and save the UK £21bn a year if new approaches to NHS reform are adopted, a leading think-tank claims.
A package of 16 commitments to reform the “fragmented and broken” English local audit system has been unveiled by local government minister Jim McMahon.
The government has launched a consultation into the “long overdue” resetting of the business rates retention system to ensure funding is targeted at areas of greatest need.
The Scottish Government will face “significant challenges” funding devolved public services in the future because of the twin difficulties of an ageing population and worsening health, the nation’s...
The Local Audit Office will not be able to force councils to amend their accounts in response to auditor concerns, the government has confirmed following fears over the body’s independence and...
The previous government’s drive to boost dental care across England has “comprehensively failed” and resulted in fewer new patients seeing an NHS dentist, according to a highly critical report from...
Government plans to cut disability benefits could leave local authority social care services and the NHS facing extra costs of £1.2bn, a think-tank has warned.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is under pressure to release an emergency bridging fund to reduce the impact of rising national insurance contributions on the care sector.
A negotiated deal with the US is the best way to secure economic stability in the wake of tariffs announced by President Donald Trump, the government has said.
Increases to both minimum wages and employer National Insurance contributions threaten to reduce employment opportunities for younger people, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).
Public bodies are failing to act on early warning signals that could help avert a disaster on the scale of the Horizon IT scandal, according to a report.
Poor quality data and obsolete technology are hindering government plans to roll out the adoption of artificial intelligence across the public sector, a leading group of MPs has warned.
The government has missed a chance to commit to the long-term reform needed to secure the future of public services, which are now under “immense strain”, CIPFA has warned.
