The government’s tough austerity measures could create a potential bonanza for outsourcing firms as the public sector looks to cut costs in education, health, local government and police services. But this will also bring serious risks and challenges, as Alison Moore discovers

Cutting Housing Benefit will not only affect those families that rely on it, but could widen the poverty gap and affect the recovery, says Campbell Robb

Budget could put UK back into recession, say MPs

MPs should be given powers to sack the chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility, the bodys outgoing chief said today

MPs have been given powers to sack the chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility, the chancellor has said.

Councils are already manning the barricades in the face of impending cuts. But we are in a phoney war and a future attack from a hostile public will test their resolve

Chancellor George Osborne has announced that the Treasury select committee will be given a veto over his choice of chair for the Office for Budget Responsibility

This week’s all-change health white paper might make for flashy headlines. But the new head of the King’s Fund has doubts about the detail. Chris Ham talks to David Williams

Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney has called for a wide-ranging debate on the tough choices that lie ahead following a warning by his chief economist that Scotland faces long-term spending cuts of £42bn

The outgoing chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility has denied he was forced to rush out revised employment figures following political interference