A former social security secretary has endorsed the ideas behind the government's welfare reform programme and called for services to be contracted out to independent providers.
East Belfast MP Peter Robinson is to take over from Ian Paisley as Northern Ireland's first minister when Paisley retires in May. Robinson, Paisley's long-time deputy in the Democratic Unionist Party...
Public Finance has announced the winners of its Future Leaders initiative, recognising ten outstanding potential leaders in public sector financial management.
CIPFA's Pensions Panel is researching the knowledge, skills and competencies needed by all those involved in managing local government pension funds. Bob Summers outlines the panel's approach
Public service targets often have adverse effects on the outcomes they are designed to improve. By contrast, a 'systems thinking' approach leads to faster and better services, as many councils have...
The number of children living in poverty could dramatically increase over the next 20 years as a result of the way the Treasury adjusts benefits each year, a study by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation...
Union leaders representing 1.4 million council workers moved closer to following 200,000 teachers on to the picket lines this week, putting renewed pressure on Gordon Brown as he restated his...
Leading public finance officials have told the Scottish government that it has failed to provide any information showing that its plans to replace Private Finance Initiative funding will be less...
Sickness absence costs the economy £100bn a year and the public sector needs to take a lead in managing the issue, the government's health and work czar said this week.
Public trust in official statistics remains low and there has been no significant change since 2005, despite the government's efforts to improve confidence, research has revealed.
The government wants us to have a big conversation about Britishness. But its proposals for probationary citizenship and symbolic ceremonies are deeply controversial with major implications for...
Tucked away in last week's Budget documentation was the announcement that the government intends to set up a Public Value Programme, intended to ensure more bang for the taxpayer's buck.
Benefits reform is back centre stage, with new get-tough policies for a part-privatised jobs service. The welfare czar talks to Judy Hirst about breaking the dependency habit
Chief officers of public services in Scotland remain to be convinced of the benefits of shared services and whether these can produce projected savings of £750m, a survey has found.
The government's promise to halve child poverty by 2010 will not be achieved unless significant resources are made available, according to a report by MPs on the Commons work and pensions select...
