A Commons committee has broken with traditional protocol to restate its demand that Parliament be allowed to debate and vote on major Whitehall reorganisations.
Official statistics on economic productivity have disclosed the extent to which the British economy is concentrated in the Southeast, prompting fears that the gap between regions might have increased...
Parliamentary debates on Whitehall ministries' performance need to be overhauled to take account of the new cross-departmental Public Service Agreements, senior backbench MPs have said.
Government departments pushing for 'personalised' public services need to set up rigorous systems to assess the so far unproven cost-effectiveness of a 'user-driven' approach, MPs have warned.
The Local Government Association has endorsed the principal conclusions of last year's Independent Councillors Commission, but expressed concern over the proposed time limits for service.
A new set of financial levers is needed to persuade GP practices to tackle health inequalities and improve service quality, the NHS Confederation said this week.
The government's latest cost projections for its identity card scheme, which cut £975m from earlier estimates, have prompted fears that security will be compromised and costs transferred to citizens.
Up to half of the people who moved to the UK from the 2004 European Union accession countries have already left, according to research from the Institute for Public Policy Research. The think-tank's...
Northern Ireland's public sector is too big and too well paid, according to Sir David Varney's review of competitiveness in Northern Ireland, carried out on behalf of the Treasury. The review could...
The public sector needs to quicken the pace at which it makes services more efficient and citizen-friendly, the government's adviser on transformational government has told Public Finance .
The government does not know how much it spends on back-office services and it is 'not clear' how a flagship programme to save £1.4bn in costs will be achieved, MPs have warned.
The government and public agencies were unprepared for last year's floods because they ignored the threat of surface water flooding, which was largely responsible for the disaster, MPs have found.
One certain result of Labour's rout in the May 1 elections is that it will become a tax-cutting party - or, at least, seek to portray itself as one ahead of a likely 2010 general election.
Cabinet secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell has signalled his cautious support for legislation to enshrine civil service independence as long as it does not constrain Whitehall's freedom for manoeuvre in...
A resolution of the long-running row over funding the care of unaccompanied asylum-seeker children looks to be near, after ministers conceded that the existing regime needs to be overhauled and...
A huge increase in the cost to local authorities of initiating care proceedings for vulnerable children has been approved, in the face of opposition from the legal profession.
Leading independent schools have joined the chorus of voices criticising school league tables, with two elite schools deciding to opt out of the system.