The controversy over unitary status for Exeter and Norwich councils was stoked this week after local government leaders criticised the plans as ‘financial madness’
The first reports from 13 pilot projects provide a wealth of data. One thing is clear: public services focus too much on symptoms and too little on causes
Funding to expand free nursery education for all should be redirected to only help children from the poorest families, according to report published today
Giving children the best possible start in life should be the priority to reduce inequalities in life expectancy, says a government-commissioned report published today
Unequal Britain can’t be changed simply by giving individuals ‘opportunities’, argues Lisa Harker. It needs a government prepared to invest in more skilled jobs for the future and to narrow the...
Following a government green paper, defence professionals are coming to terms with inevitable budget cuts and are asking where they would hit least hard. Lucy Phillips reports
Seventeen councils are to receive £1m to train staff as part of a campaign to turn hundreds of empty private homes into social housing or sell them to first-time buyers.
The chair of an influential MPs’ panel on the environment has claimed that a new carbon emissions trading scheme covering much of the public sector could prove to be ineffective.
Public sector organisations face a bill of more than £40bn in Private Finance Initiative charges over the lifetime of the next Parliament – as part of a £217bn total liability stretching over three...
Welsh Assembly Members have voted to hold a referendum on whether Wales should have full powers to legislate over devolved areas without input from Westminster.
Government plans to provide free care at home for those most in need have come under renewed fire as the care watchdog published its first survey of services across the country
Police forces will struggle to handle declining budgets unless a cross-party consensus is reached on cutting officer numbers, according to the former head of the Metropolitan Police
A senior member of the Wales Audit Office executive team has been named as interim auditor general for Wales after the sudden resignation of Jeremy Colman last week
The cities of Norwich and Exeter are to be run as unitary authorities after ministers announced the final decisions of the local government reorganisation in the Southwest and East Anglia
MPs have called for a radical overhaul of the teaching profession, recommending more ongoing training for qualified teachers and higher minimum standards for those entering the profession
Seventeen councils are to receive £1m to train staff as part of a campaign to turn hundreds of empty private homes into social housing or sell them to first-time buyers