Local authorities in England will be able to collects fines of up to £25,000 a day from utility companies that allow roadworks to overrun, ministers have proposed
The UK Border agency is failing in its efforts to reach targets for processing asylum applications within six months because of the inadequate staffing levels, an independent report has concluded
The 2012 Olympics are on time and within budget, but authorities need to make greater efforts to ensure the Games leave a beneficial legacy for Londoners, an official report has found
Greater citizen involvement in running public services is building a popular front of support from Westminster to Tooting and beyond. But Jonathan Clifton cautions that it is harder to achieve in...
Although mutuals and co-operatives have been providing services for hundreds of years, they are suddenly being touted as the saviour of the public sector. Lucy Phillips reports
The Conservatives’ planning green paper, launched this week, proposes to scrap most of Labour’s reforms and devolve many decisions to local communities. But critics fear this will be a charter for ‘...
Whitehall is stepping up its preparations for a hung Parliament as prospects mount that no party will win a majority in the general election, likely to be held on May 6
The Staffordshire hospital trust that ‘failed to deliver’ acceptable standards of care should have its foundation status reviewed, an independent inquiry has said.
Costs are ‘mounting alarmingly’ at the Child Maintenance Enforcement Commission, where defective IT systems have led many cases to be processed by hand, MPs warn in a report published today
Local authorities facing losses following the collapse of the Icelandic banks are challenging the government’s ‘irrational’ decision to allow only some councils to spread their losses
MPs are calling on the government to stop funding homeopathy, arguing that the treatments are unreliable and have no greater clinical use than placebos
Safeguarding the budgets of health and education could leave unprotected public services facing cuts of up to 50%. Wouldn’t it be fairer to plug the fiscal hole by ‘salami-slicing’ the whole lot,...