Tension between policy and funding decisions has underpinned a long-running prison capacity crisis that saw the criminal justice system come within three days of collapse, according to a high-level ...

The policy of selling off local authority homes at a discount under Right to Buy has represented a £326bn blow to council balance sheets, according to new analysis.

CIPFA and ICAEW have announced the signing of a Heads of Terms agreement setting out the strategic direction for a potential merger between the two chartered accountancy bodies.

Plans to restructure Walsall Council’s senior ranks, which went before council members this week, will see the number of senior posts at the authority reduced from 62 to 58.

Wiltshire Pension Fund has chosen LGPS Central as its new preferred partner after its current pool, Brunel, failed in its bid to become one of the new mega-funds under the consolidation of the Local ...

Eleven officers at Dorset Council have been sacked after auditors found significant governance failures and lapses in financial controls in the operation of a building works programme.

The government would have “no strong case” to deny local areas the power to introduce a tourism tax as part of its sweeping plans for English devolution, according to a leading think-tank.

The Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) has responded to the latest IMF assessment of the UK’s public finances which included a cautious endorsement of the government’s economic strategy, describing ...

A new body has been set up to help fix the “broken” system of special educational needs and disability support in England’s schools. - Short form article, Schools, SEND, Children, Education ...

The government faces “severe challenges” in helping research and innovation scale up commercially against a backdrop of fierce international competition and a tight fiscal environment, according to a ...

The UK's wealthiest households will be eight times more likely to benefit from the government’s expanded programme of funded childcare hours than their lowest-earning counterparts, according to the ...