The public sector in Wales is embracing a more collaborative approach to service provision and facing the challenge of constrained spending, the finance minister has said.
The Scottish Government has underlined its commitment to providing accurate information to MSPs after a damning parliamentary report on senior civil servants.
The architect of the welfare to work programme has said that the government’s Flexible New Deal needs some serious rethinking in the light of the recession.
Trade union Unison has warned that taxpayers face a £217bn bill for Private Finance Initiative projects over the next 25 years, and renewed its call for the scheme to be axed.
BBC bosses have defended the broadcaster’s licence fee funding arrangement amid government proposals that it should be shared with other broadcasters for the first time.
MPs have condemned shrinking investment in defence research, saying Britain’s military capability and role in the world could be diminished unless the cuts are reversed...
An independent review has strongly criticised the government for ignoring a looming crisis over the modernisation of further education colleges in England.
The Department for Transport should rethink how it reduces taxpayer risk following the collapse of London Underground contractor Metronet, according to the National Audit Office...
Adults with autism are not receiving effective services because agencies do not have sufficient data or understanding of the condition, the National Audit Office has found...
Most tenants in social housing are satisfied with their landlord, according to a study published on June 9. But they do want the sector’s new regulator to ensure that rents are affordable and their...
The head of Scotland’s local government watchdog has denied that proposed revisions to Best Value audits would result in ‘subjective’ judgements of councils’ performance.
Local government figures have called on ministers to change the law after the Court of Appeal ruled that a group of London councils did not have the legal powers to set up an insurance mutual...
The NHS’s payments and incentive systems are ‘not fit for purpose’ as it faces cuts of £15bn to £20bn over the five years from 2011, the NHS Confederation has claimed.
A decade of rising investment in public services has led to an overall drop in productivity, according to data released by the Office for National Statistics.