UK GDP would be boosted by £26bn if the government addressed the growing number of young people not in education, employment or training, according to the findings of a PwC study.

The government is investing £3.5bn over the next three years in a homelessness strategy, with a pledge to halve the number of long-term rough sleepers and end the unlawful use of B&Bs for families.

Despite ‘encouraging progress,’ there is much more work ahead for Woking Borough Council in its efforts to tackle its debt problems, according to the Woking Council Commissioners.

In practice, DHSC can ‘overspend’ by £430m in both 2025-26 and 2026-27. The hope is that this restructuring yields savings of ...

The Treasury’s approach to setting and charging fees for public services is creating “large and unfair surpluses and deficits for the taxpayer”, a report from the Public Accounts Committee has ...

Councils need the right powers and funding from the government to deliver on their potential to unlock economic potential, a report has urged.

A pledge to take action against corrupt insiders in the public sector through screening, information sharing and guidance is among the measures in the government’s UK Anti-Corruption Strategy 2025, ...

The price of re-offending is only going up, but a new approach could help the chancellor save millions of pounds. According ...

The government’s landmark £500m development fund for urban renewal has been welcomed as a pro-growth policy by the Centre for Cities. - Short form article, Growth, Centre for Cities, Economic growth, ...

But the department is not worried. One insider points out that doctors and nurses would be brought in from across Europe to execute the contracts and does not believe local surgeons would simply give ...