The UK will fund a major increase in defence spending by reallocating capital budgets across government rather than through borrowing or cuts to day-to-day public services, under its long-awaited ...

The Scottish Government’s ambition to create a simpler, more accessible system for learning and training after people have left school is falling short, Audit Scotland warned, claiming that reforms ...

The National Audit Office has welcomed the considered approach of the most recent HS2 project reset but warned that more needs to be done to ensure that the beleaguered programme stays on track and ...

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Earlier intervention could allow thousands more children to be supported to stay with their families, according to a report. - Short form article, Social care, County Councils Network, Children's care ...

Just six out of 10 degrees pay for themselves from the Treasury’s perspective, while the average graduate can expect to earn £100,000 more than their peers, researchers have found.

The government has announced a new national adult safeguarding board chaired by chief social worker Sarah McClinton and plans for a modern service framework for dementia and frailty to be published by ...

The government has warned of the end of an era of outsourcing by default after it introduced a new mandatory public interest test for all government service contracts worth more than £1m. - Short form ...

The government has conceded that reliable, more granular data is critical to supporting growth in the regions, but said a “balance” between improving data collection and the time and resources ...

A school leaders’ union has warned that the school estate in Northern Ireland has reached a critical tipping point after a report from the Education Authority highlighted that s ...

The estimated tax gap – the difference between what HMRC was due to collect and what it actually received – hit 6.4% in 2024-25, or £59.2bn, according to official figures.

UK annual exports could have been £74bn higher had the country not left the European Union, a study has suggested. - Short form article, Brexit, Brexit, Exports, IPPR, Resolution Foundation, Economy ...