The public service landscape is changing and fast - and not always in ways that the voluntary and community sector would wish to see. Some services are simply disappearing and others are being altered beyond recognition.

Breaking the stranglehold which the handful of large corporate publishers currently have over academics and university libraries is not only important because of the public money at stake, but also because genuine open access allows research to be utilised by those outside the close confines of academia.

Mehdi Hasan sits down with Labour’s fresh prince, Chuka Umunna, ahead of the Budget to talk bankers, business and why he would “trust Ed Miliband ...

Tragically for those whom it is intended to assist, a programme designed in very different economic conditions and based on a belief that market incentives would drive a range of providers to secure long-term employment for those who have been inactive in the labour market for a long period may end up not delivering.

A £38bn black hole in the UK's defence budget has been eliminated, Philip Hammond, the Defence Secretary, said. Hammond told the House of Commons ...

There can be no excuse for delay in introducing bold reform to ensure the accountability of all public service provision.

The government is to reform how it works with the private sector in a new package of measures to be announced on Monday. More than £50bn worth of opp...

Defence officials spent nearly £600 million on technical advice which was intended for equipment, an internal report has revealed. The audit of de...

Then economies of scale clearly dictate that SMEs wouldn't be bidding for contracts worth £1.4billion, those figures are only for the big firms. But big firms need revenue or they will shrink to smaller entities, so they have to make a decision 'do we just land one big fish or lots of little ones?'