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Election pledges may lead to job cuts
The Centre for Public Policy for Regions has released a paper ahead of the Scottish Election 2011 which looks at the Political Party manifestos and how they will shape the public sector. The Scottish...
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North being hit hardest by cuts
A new BBC study has found that council spending is being cut more in the North of England than in the South. Conducted in association with CIPFA, the study found that total local government spending in...
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Councils to be challenged in courts over funding cuts
According to media reports, sector organisations may revert to the courts in an attempt to challenge cuts to their funding taken by cash-strapped local authorities. Groups unhappy with the criteria...
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EM LawShare – one year on
By Jayne Francis-Ward, Assistant Chief Executive of Nottinghamshire County Council and John Riddell, Partner in the Local Government Team of EM LawShare panel firm Weightmans LLP April 2010 saw the...
View ArticleLocal services: better for less
Local authorities are being challenged by Strategic Spending Review cuts of between 20 per cent and 30 per cent over the next three years. Although the ultimate date by which these changes need to be...
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Interserve report positions local authority on spending cuts
A new report showing how local authorities are positioned to meet their 2014 spending cut targets, has been released by Interserve. Interviewing senior executives from a quarter of the UK’s councils,...
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Harsher austerity measures required
According to reports Greece must push through harsher austerity measures before it can receive the 12bn Euros the eurozone finance ministers have said following an earlier meeting. The decision to...
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Homelessness Services feeling impact of cuts
According to a new survey of homelessness services in England almost 80% of homelessness providers have said that Government funding cuts are already making an impact on their services, with some...
View ArticleCounting the Cuts
The impact of spending cuts on the UK voluntary and community sector. Click here
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Push comes to shove for Morgan Sindall
According to media reports, Government spending cuts have hit profits at Morgan Sindall, pushing the construction company towards the private sector. A drop of 16% was reported by the company in its...
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Committee highlights likely cuts in public transport
The Transport Committee has warn in its new report ‘Bus services after the Spending Review’ that even deeper cuts in bus services are likely in 2012–13, as local authorities struggle to deal with...
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Spending squeeze to affect education sector
According to the Roe review the Scottish further education sector would face spending squeeze in the near future and would have to cut down student places. In 2011/12, the sector would see a £40m cut...
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Irish Ministers to locate billions in spending cuts
According to new reports, a memo published by the Department of Public Expenditure has ordered ministers of the Irish government to pinpoint potential spending cuts worth €10.5bn from their...
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Balls rules out U-turn on cuts
Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls has ruled out any Labour reverse on spending cuts, should the Labour Party be re-elected. Ahead of his keynote conference speech on the party’s economic policy, Mr Balls said...
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Is the end of ‘no compulsory redundancy agreements’ nigh?
Lesley Murphy, Partner, Harper Macleod LLP Recent figures indicate that the Scottish Government has cut its wage bill by 2.7% over the last year in a bid to reduce costs and improve efficiency. With...
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Irish Republic budget unveiled
Media reports have stated that the Irish Government has outlined a fresh round of austerity measures in a two-day Budget announcement in the Irish parliament. Public Expenditure Minister Brendan Howlin...
View ArticleStatus Report and Recommendations of the EURIM Sub-group on the Quality of...
The drive to put central and local government data online, open to public scrutiny, has revealed the long standing problems of quality that lie behind the reluctance of departments and agencies to...
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Poorest communities feel brunt of spending cuts
The first systematic review of the real impact of public spending cuts on local authorities has been published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. It finds that the most deprived local authorities have...
View ArticleCost reduction in central government: summary of progress
Government departments have been successful in cutting costs and managing within their reduced spending allocations for 2010-11. However, most departments will need to cut their spending by much more...
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£46m cuts planned for Falkirk
Falkirk Council has identified £46m of savings it needs to make but has to do a lot more to deliver them, says the Accounts Commission. A report published recognises that Falkirk generally delivers a...
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