Twelve times more public sector jobs were lost in the three months to the end of October 2011 than were created in the private sector over the same period, according to figures published today by the...
Business leaders have given their backing to proposed government reforms of the state pension but want their concerns about the knock-on effects on existing private schemes to be addressed.
At first sight, the government’s plan to give councils control of business rates and Council Tax Benefit was a fine case of ‘localism’ in action. In practice, it means town halls will take the rap...
Plans to cut £490m from the annual welfare bill by capping Housing Benefit for social housing tenants with spare rooms could end up costing the government money, experts have warned.
The UK's four children's commissioners have urged the government to reassess its spending plans, saying the cuts risk pushing more families into poverty.
The government today launched its housing strategy, encouraging councils to bring forward plans for large developments and offering £400m in cash for stalled projects.
More than 1 million people will be moved on to the government's new Universal Credit benefit by April 2014, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has announced.
Restrictions on the amount of voluntary work unemployed people can do are hampering young people’s efforts to secure jobs, the Local Government Association said today.
Poverty is set to worsen as the beneficial effects of the introduction of Universal Credit are negated by other welfare changes, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said today.
Whitehall needs to better understand the impact of means-testing benefits if it is to achieve value for money from them, the National Audit Office says today.
Although the previous government's Total Place scheme looks set to continue, albeit in a watered-down form, the route ahead is a challenging one. Lucy Phillips examines the obstacles that are...
Public service ombudsmen are to be given expanded roles as part of the government's public service reforms for England, Prime Minister David Cameron said yesterday.
More public funding should be focused on children from deprived backgrounds to prevent costly social problems later on, according to a government commissioned review published today.
