A proposal to outsource adult social services in Swansea is criticised as "mass privatisation without consultation".

In a move likely to be copied elsewhere, Suffolk's county council agrees a plan that will see it outsource almost all its services.

As UK politics is embroiled in borderline malfeasance, we could learn from how the US cleansed itself of corrupt politicians The fury at the expenses scandal is rising – rightly so – and it's prompting some to contemplate desperate steps. Lord Naseby, the former deputy speaker of the Commons, says parliament should be dissolved and a new election called immediately. The commentato...

The PCS union expressed its deep opposition yesterday to Lord Mandelson's decision to outsource the delivery of a new helpline for vulnerable workers experiencing employment rights violations.

AN independent report on the city council's plans to outsource up to 3000 jobs has warned there are still "significant issues" to be addressed.

The official heading the inquiry into MPs' expenses has urged the government to wait until his independent inquiry reports in July, rather than pushing through "quick fix" changes in a Commons vote next week. Sir Christopher Kelly said yesterday that a "thoroughgoing review" was needed and that a political deal was not the "right way" to forge a new system. Kelly was speaking at the launch of...

Secret details of taxpayerfunded expenses claimed by the candidates to become the Speaker of the House of the Commons can be disclosed for the first time.

MPs in the House of Commons today expressed anger and frustration at the focus on their expenses triggered by the Daily Telegraph.

A Labour peer has challenged the House of Commons to sue her after refusing to repay thousands of pounds of expenses she claimed while she was an MP.

Lib Dem leader speaks out as Tory MP canvasses for signatures for first no-confidence motion in Speaker in 300 years Michael Martin, the Commons Speaker, "misjudged it spectacularly" when he rounded on MPs who criticised his handling of the expenses issue, Nick Clegg said today. The Liberal Democrat leader said that Martin needed to learn lessons from what happened in the Commons yesterday when Ma...