A cash-strapped government quango is poised to pay private consultants more than £400,000 to rescue part of its beleaguered college rebuilding programme
The Department for Children, Schools and Families has acknowledged the critical shortage of primary school places, saying officials are looking at ways of remedying the situation
The Higher Education Funding Council for England has approved £60m of capital funding for projects in universities and colleges that are thought to have the greatest impact on economic recovery. This...
Almost a third of schools are failing to arrange alternative education for excluded pupils within the six days now required by law, an Ofsted report has found
The failings in the Baby P case were caused by staff shortages, poor recruitment and a lack of awareness and communication among medical staff, a watchdog report has found
An influential committee of MPs has backed a controversial report recommending that patients be able to ‘top up’ NHS treatment with private care, despite fears it will result in a two-tier system
Local government mandarin Neil Kinghan is to take over at the top of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission following the departure of chief executive Nicola Brewer
Councils in Wales are charging widely different amounts for home care services and using different financial assessments to decide who pays, a report has found
Police force leaders have attacked local government minister John Healey’s decision to cap the council tax precepts of Surrey and Derbyshire police authorities
People nearing the end of their life should be allotted a single health or social care professional to ensure they receive co-ordinated and appropriate care, MPs have said
The government pledged to create a national worklessness forum and launched its Future Jobs Fund following the announcement of the biggest rise in unemployment for almost 30 years
Councils would be better able to protect their communities from the recession if they were allowed to set three-year budgets, a New Local Government Network report has argued
The cost of Private Finance Initiative projects will still not count towards public sector net debt, but government departments and local authorities will have to include the projects on their...
The finance leader of Scotland’s biggest council has called for a pay freeze across the public sector to meet tightening spending targets and avoid widespread job cuts