The Commons Public Accounts Committee publishes its 61st Report of the Session which, on the basis of evidence from the Cabinet Office and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), examined tax disputes

Councils will be freed to generate greater levels of income, encouraged to support local firms and jobs and be well placed to reap the rewards of success, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said today

A proposal for an EU directive designed to encourage countries to reduce their energy consumption is "too rigid and top-heavy" and could cost NHS organisations millions of pounds at a time when the service is already trying to achieve substantial savings

Responding to the Home Affairs Select Committee report ‘Policing Large Scale Disorder: Lessons from the disturbances of August 2011’ published today , Simon Reed, Vice-Chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales, says

Young people across the UK believe that poverty is one of the key reasons behind the August riots, according to a new survey commissioned by The Children’s Society

The Home Affairs Committee publishes its report into the August riots today.The Committee concludedthat;

Proposals for tougher packaging recycling targets that will stop 400,000 tonnes of packaging going to landfill by 2017 have been announced today by Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman

Council leaders are calling on residents and landlords to look out for vulnerable neighbours and tenants as more severe weather is predicted over the weekend

Creating a new co-production model is seen as the best way to delivering better health and wellbeing outcomes at the local level in the context of budget constraint - according to a new report released today

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Skills Funding Agency are pursuing a range of initiatives to simplify funding, qualification and assurance systems in further education as part of their wider reform of the skills sector. However, they do not know the scale of the problem faced by further education colleges and other providers

The procurement process completed by the Department for Transport which led to the selection of Siemens rather than Bombardier as the preferred bidder for new Thameslink rolling stock should be independently reviewed by the National Audit Office, say MPs on the Transport Select Committee

The first-ever improvement and efficiency not-for-profit company is now up and running and open for business to all England’s councils – and it has been welcomed by the local government minister Bob Neill

Cities Minister Greg Clark will visit Newcastle today to continue talks on forging a new city deal in the area.The Government announced last week that England’s largest cities, including Newcastle, are being offered new powers as the basis of bespoke city deals

The Government has today published plans to increase the participation of 16-24 year olds in education, training and work