The chair of the Charity Commission turned down Rada for a career in social policy. But the theatre's loss has been the voluntary sector's gain, writes Vivienne Russell
Unison has called on Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt to take urgent steps to combat violence against staff, patients and visitors in mental health inpatient units.
Britain is the only major democracy whose ministries have no constitutional basis. This allows prime ministers to chop and change them at will, often in response to political power plays. It has to...
The general election brought home to the government the country's desire for a return to local democracy. The LGA calls for this to be made a reality and its chair, Sir Sandy Bruce-Lockhart,...
In a move the Conservatives themselves described as 'audacious', one of the party's youngest MPs has been given the daunting task of facing Chancellor Gordon Brown across the dispatch box.
The cost of clinical waste disposal by NHS hospitals in Scotland could be reduced by £1.3m if the waste was handled properly, Audit Scotland has claimed.
Continuing problems with data management at the Department for Work and Pensions have left hundreds of millions of pounds in vital benefits unpaid, a new report has revealed.
It's not just politicians who have a problem with trust. There's also declining confidence in public services. Alex Klaushofer asks whether reputation management is the answer
Politicians have been doing battle over the need for public sector efficiency savings. But councils are already teaming up with their neighbours and other public bodies to make major economies of...
The Public Finance Public Servants of the Year Awards were presented last week at a glittering event in London. Editor Mike Thatcher describes the reactions of the team and individual winners and...
Two of the main teaching unions are locked in a head-to-head battle over the role of the General Teaching Council after its chair, Judy Moorhouse, was re-elected unopposed this week.
In just four years, the capital's bus network has got bigger, better and faster with millions more passenger journeys each year. David Harding reports on London Buses, the command and control team...
Jo McCullagh goes where many others fear to tread docksides, lorry drivers' cafés and construction sites to hand out condoms, apples and safer sex literature. Her innovative efforts to...
The drive to slash public sector waste will not save enough to fund spending increases in the long term, the architect of the one of the government's major efficiency programmes has warned.
It is now only a week to the Public Servants of the Year Awards. With the general election campaign in full swing, this is an ideal time to recognise the remarkable work carried out by public...
Social landlords are offering only qualified backing for Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott's flagship scheme to extend home ownership, the National Housing Federation has warned.
Transport white papers have become mere political adverts and will contain policies doomed to failure until ministers change their relationship with civil servants over reforms, a regulatory expert...
Government departments are not implementing resource accounting and budgeting systems properly to ensure they are delivering value for money, senior MPs have warned.