Failing hospitals will no longer be secretly "bailed out" using taxpayers' money, the Government has claimed in the latest details of its controversial NHS reforms.

Taxpayers are getting worse value for money from the billions of pounds invested in schools by Labour than at the start of the decade, official figures showed.

The TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA) today criticised the Government for using taxpayers' money as an easy way out, and urged them to explore other solutions that would limit the amount of our money at risk. With taxpayers' money on the line,...

MAJOR government projects, including schools, hospitals and transport schemes could be delayed or cancelled because of a dispute over the funding of the new Forth road bridge

Fraud costs the public sector £21 billion a year that should be spent on schools, hospitals, teachers, roads or decreasing our national debt, writes Francis Maude.

I assure you - I'm a real financial wizard It's difficult to recall now, but once upon a time, PFI was meant to save taxpayers money. The idea was that by leasing schools, hospitals and roads from private sector providers,...

The Scottish Government has been accused of persisting with “misguided” policies towards the preservation of wild salmon stocks by one of the world’s most respected conservationists.

Taxpayers may be losing out because the Government is failing to manage contracts with the private sector for new buildings such as hospitals and schools an influential committee of MPs warns.

The government has ordered an inquiry into a sponsor of academy schools which is accused of mismanaging contracts worth millions of pounds of taxpayers' money. Edutrust, a multi-faith charity chaired by the businessman Lord Bhatia, faces an allegation that it mishandled money awarded to open a string of academies across England. The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) is inve...

The Scottish Government's plans for new schools and hospitals are "dead in the water" and there is no sign of the much-vaunted new method of funding the building programme, it was claimed in parliament yesterday.