The chair of the new Care Quality Commission has promised the health and social care watchdog will be a ‘modern regulator’, conscious of the burden that regulation can place on providers
Details have been announced for a £4bn funding framework to provide academy schools in areas in England not yet running a Building Schools for the Future scheme
The work and pensions select committee joined the chorus of concern about the government’s flagship Flexible New Deal programme as unemployment figures continue to grow
Health Secretary Alan Johnson has told MPs it is ‘inconceivable’ that the NHS will face real-terms spending cuts from 2011, when the government aims to restore the public finances after...
Experts have given a cautious welcome to the government’s attempt to get the economy back on track with the unprecedented measure of quantitative easing
The forthcoming green paper on social care in England presents a chance to radically rethink the whole system, according to Phil Hope, the minister responsible
English councils should do more to track down the owners of empty homes as a first step towards bringing extra housing into use, the government has said
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.
The supply of new housing in England is almost certain to have dropped in 2008/09 after almost a decade of steady expansion, according to the Department for Communities and Local Government.
Third sector organisations planning to bid for public sector contracts have been warned to prepare to tighten their belts as the recession affects public spending.