Local government leaders have called for long-term sustainable funding to ensure that the latest plans to crack down on antisocial behaviour are a success.
The Office of National Statistics has told Public Finance that it is considering whether £52bn in public liabilities for decommissioning nuclear facilities must be entered in the national accounts.
Health service boards must begin to think strategically about the impact of soon-to-be-implemented changes, NHS England finance and investment director Richard Douglas told the annual CIPFA health...
Labour's regeneration initiatives received a timely boost this week with the publication of a new Audit Commission report praising councils for improved policy selection and implementation.
The Scottish Executive is under fire from a senior parliamentary committee over lack of clarity in the spending plans announced in its recent 2004/05 budget.
The Audit Commission has launched a broadside against the government's profusion of nationally set targets for local services, warning that they can distort priorities and lead to 'perverse...
Electricity distributors' contingency plans are not yet robust enough to deal effectively with all aspects of a major power failure should severe weather hit the UK again this winter, the Department...
Widespread private provision of acute care in England came a step nearer at the end of last week and brought with it the inevitable debate on privatisation and dire warnings for the future of the NHS.
Plans to extend body-piercing regulation to all local authorities in England and Wales have been criticised as 'wishy-washy' by one London authority, which has overseen the practice for more than a...
A three-star NHS trust said this week it was confident it would reduce pressure on staff after becoming the first employer to be given a health and safety improvement notice over work-related stress.
The NHS Confederation has called for a fundamental review of night-time health services after a study showed doctors waste much of their time performing menial tasks.
The personnel swaps between central and local government continued this week with Improvement and Development Agency deputy John O'Brien announcing his move to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
Labour members on the Local Government Association have lost seven seats to the Conservatives across its executive committees to reflect proportional changes after May's local elections.
Housing experts have warned ministers not to become over-reliant on the multibillion pound house-building scheme across key 'growth areas' of the Southeast announced this week, claiming it should not...
Waltham Forest council leader Tony Buckley is set to lose his job after national Labour Party officials suspended him for failing to turn around one of the worst performing authorities in the country...
The government's attempt to defuse long-standing criticisms of the Private Finance Initiative by tackling some of its more obvious flaws has been greeted with suspicion by the public sector trade...
Government plans to introduce NHS foundation trusts were hanging in the balance despite this week's narrow victory, after a furious Commons' debate on the issue.
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets has suspended two senior regeneration officers following allegations of large-scale misuse of public funds at organisations linked to two borough councillors....