Suffolk County Council's decision to slash its 1.1 billion budget by 30% by outsourcing almost all its services has caused controversy, with unions warning that the plan will put a number of jobs at...
Councils are finding many ways to cut the pay bill without losing jobs, but further redundancies are inevitable given the sheer scale of budget cuts that councils have been hit with.
While diversity and inclusion has come to the forefront of public consciousness in recent years, a focus on budget cuts has had an unfortunate and disproportionate impact on DEI strategy in the past...
The Government looks set to debate pensions tax relief ahead of next month’s Budget statement, with senior Liberal Democrats committed to restrict or scrap the higher rate of pensions tax relief.
The recruitment industry will hope the Chancellor’s 'pro-growth, pro-jobs' Budget does what it says on the tin: helping businesses and boosting the wider economy both now and in the longer term.
Line managers spend half their time on HR and outsourcing accounts for only 10% of the HR budget. Lucie Carrington analyses the <i>Human Resources</i>/Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow survey results
Large sums were promised for social care, teaching, policing and the NHS, but the reception has been lukewarm after a decade of cuts and austerity
Public sector IR35 legislation has had a negative impact for many. Would the same be true if extended to the private sector?
