There is little appetite for stripping Ofsted of its role in children’s services despite continued criticism of ‘inconsistent’ and ‘flawed’ inspections, Public Finance has been told
Senior civil servants in the Scottish Government will have their pay frozen as part of plans to cut spending, Finance Secretary John Swinney has announced
NHS organisations are struggling to draw up plans for finance, contracted activity and the future shape of community services to meet severe deadlines imposed by the Department of Health
Councils will be given a settlement of £76.2bn for the coming financial year, a rise of 4%, the Department for Communities and Local Government has confirmed
The Welsh Assembly Government is to commission an independent review of education funding as it seeks to meet the first minister’s pledge to increase investment in the sector
Report after report has slammed the overuse of custodial sentences, yet the justice secretary plans to build more jails. So what is standing in the way of change, asks David Williams
The government’s energy strategy must be reviewed to stop the increase in fuel poverty that is contributing to a high number of deaths, according to a think-tank
Steve Bundred, the man who has come
to 'personify' the Audit Commission,
is moving on after six eventful years in charge. So what next for him and the watchdog he leaves behind? Editor Mike Thatcher...
A former environment minister has urged the Treasury to ‘get its act together’ on climate change by including natural resources in the UK’s economic assets
The Conservative Party will not reveal its immediate strategy for cutting the public deficit before the general election, the chair of its policy review has admitted
Five private companies are in the running to take over a debt-ridden Cambridgeshire hospital, with just one rival shortlisted from within the health service
Ministers are giving tacit backing to a Private Members’ Bill that could significantly extend the powers of councils to oversee local services and utilities
Millions of pounds of funding for improving care for people with dementia is probably not being spent on relevant services, the National Audit Office has warned