All nationally set targets should be scrapped under a new covenant between central and local government, the Liberal Democrat annual conference in Brighton agreed this week.
Northern Ireland's planning regime has been left in limbo after Belfast's High Court ruled that former direct rule minister Lord Rooker had unlawfully taken a decision to ban most home building in...
Primary care trusts need to make more serious efforts to improve the quality and safety of patient treatment, according to a report from the Commons Public Accounts Committee.
Public servants could co-ordinate a fresh wave of strikes to coincide with the Queen's Speech, as opposition to Prime Minister Gordon Brown's 2% pay cap intensified following heated exchanges at the...
The local government balance of funding issue is 'irrelevant' and it would be best if all the money were raised centrally and distributed to councils, Sir Peter Burt has told leading revenue...
Just over half of the buildings in Scotland's higher education sector are in poor condition and require expenditure of almost £700m to bring them up to standard, a public sector watchdog has found.
The annual costs to the NHS of Private Finance Initiative schemes will soar fivefold from £470m to £2.3bn over the next eight years and could damage services, Edinburgh University researchers claim.
Mature students who receive Income Support may have to drop their courses under government proposals to cut Child Benefit payments and force lone parents back to work, Public Finance has learnt.
Children sent to pupil referral units often face a limited educational curriculum and little chance of being reintegrated back into mainstream schools, Ofsted has found.
Twenty-five finalists have been selected by the judges of the Public Servants of the Year Awards to go forward to the high-profile ceremony in London next month.
Northern Ireland's outpatient waiting lists fell by almost 50% and inpatient lists by 10% in a year, according to official statistics published for the 12 months ending in June.
Funds in the Local Government Pension Scheme have 'dramatically reversed' their misfortunes of 2000/03 by turning an average annual loss of 9.1% into a return of 14.3% for 2004/07, a report by CIPFA...
Social landlords and private developers will need to meet tougher standards and cut costs to gain part of the £8bn available through the Housing Corporation's next national affordable housing...
Public sector employees will need to accept changes in their jobs and responsibilities as part of plans to share services, Scottish finance and management officers have been told.
There has been a lack of progress in helping people with mental health problems access benefits and find work, according to research published this week.
Modern and personalised social care services will not emerge unless councils offer innovative businesses a secure return on their investment, a report from the Commission for Social Care Inspection...