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

Government subsidies have failed to cover the rising cost of temporary accommodation to councils across England since 2017-18 to the tune of £1.5bn, analysis by the Local Government Association has ...

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The chair of the Independent Commission into Adult Social Care has called for a national conversation about the issue, warning of a reliance on cobbled together and underfunded services. - Short form ...

Government subsidies have failed to cover the rising cost of temporary accommodation to councils across England since 2017-18 to the tune of £1.5bn, analysis by the Local Government Association has ...

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, ...

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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 Audit Commission today announced the firms that will take over its in-house audit work from 2012/13, with Grant Thornton winning the largest number of contracts. - Long form article, , , Health, ...

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 ...

Rachel Reeves has not been dealt the greatest hand for a Chancellor. The inheritance was grim, the world economy is trying to cope with the Trump approach to economics, and wars and populism bestride ...