Spending on library services has remained static although visits have continued to rise, prompting concerns about sustainability.

The government should look to radical changes to student loan repayments rather than tinkering with interest rates if it is serious about meaningful reductions on the squeeze on workers’ pay packets, ...

The final report from Tom Hayhoe, the government’s Covid counter fraud commissioner, is damning. Published in December, it found failures to properly address fraud risk during the pandemic response ...

Norse Group’s Richard Gawthorpe explores what the recent SEND funding announcement could mean for local support.

With questions being asked about the future of the Public Works Loan Board, PF takes a look at some of the other ways local authorities can raise funds. - Long form article, Bonds, , Local government, ...

The government has hailed the success of its attempts to beef up the security of public sector IT systems, but cybersecurity experts have warned against complacency and say there is still much to do. ...

The PCS trade union has raised concerns over the government’s decision to name Capita as its preferred bidder for a £700m civil service payroll contract, pointing to the company’s performance on ...

Councils in Wales could become the first in the UK to get the power to tax overnight visitors in their areas, with proposals now being consulted on that the Welsh Government hopes would protect local ...

Michael Rees is head of financial consultancy, Sarah Reed is deputy direction of people solutions and Austen Morgan is workforce programme manager at NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support ...

- Author, , , Public sector expert Sir Michael Lyons has called for some of the soaring value of land assets to... Read more ...

PF looks at the recent history and near future of the English local audit system to ask what went wrong, and what the government is doing about it. - Long form article, Audit Commission, Local Audit, ...