Public Sector

David Cameron is urging “restraint” as reports emerge that MPs will be in line for a bumper pay rise – whilst deputy prime minister Nick Clegg says he will turn down a major pay rise.

Britain will not be able to afford to honour its commitment to pay the full pensions of public sector workers, according to a report.

As the government introduces payment by results for prisoner rehabilitation, Channel 4 News looks at how the new scheme will work.

The Foreign Office spends £10,000 re-stuffing an old snake named Albert, deeming the dead anaconda “essential maintenance of a historical asset”. The Twitterati’s response? Get stuffed.

More than 25,000 border staff call off a strike planned for Thursday, averting a travel nightmare for thousands heading to London on the eve of the Olympic Games.

With an NHS trust in danger of going bust, Channel 4 News looks at how many other hospitals are struggling to cope with the debts they have to repay under the private finance initiative.

Doctors are taking industrial action for the first time in 40 years in a dispute with the government over changes to their pensions.

The government’s spending cuts create recruitment problems for public sector organisations as people “shy away” from the sector, a new report warns.

The UK’s tax-collecting service is praised by MPs for recovering billions of pounds in lost revenue – but it could have been considerably more if it had not shed so many jobs.

Tens of thousands of civil servants are striking on Thursday in a dispute over the government’s public sector pensions reforms.

Almost 80,000 retired public sector workers are receiving pensions of £25,900 a year or above – more than the average yearly salary – according to new research.

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt pledges to give the Leveson inquiry all private texts and emails he sent to his special adviser, as pressure grows for an inquiry into his handling of the BSkyB bid.

Too many children are being excluded for minor issues such as chewing gum or not wearing uniform, the children’s commissioner for England says.