COVER FEATURE - The long goodbye - The Department for Work and Pensions is to take the brunt of the civil service 'efficiency cuts'. Permanentsecretary Sir Richard Mottram talks to Public Finance about taking the pain

On the road to nowhere - Now it's official. The ten-year Transport Plan was a pipe dream. It has been replaced with the new realism of cost-cutting and make-do-and-mend

Hirst, Judy, (2003)

Trouble ahead? The chancellors crystal ball might be cloudy but to everyone outside the Treasury, the vision of an economic downturn is painfully clear The next two years will show whether Gordon Brown has to face the 'tax or cut' dilemma again

Hirst, Judy, (2003)

In the line of fire - With both sides entrenched, there seems to be no way out of the firefighters' dispute. What is really going on behind the bitter rhetoric and what are the consequences for the public sector?

Hirst, Judy, (2002)