The Scottish National Party has been criticised by a public finance expert for lacking financial discipline and making 'dubious assumptions' about future savings.
Labour has retained the presidency of Scotland's local government association, despite the loss of seats to the Scottish National Party in May's Holyrood elections.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced an immediate review of NHS recruitment procedures after it emerged that all the suspects in the terrorist attacks in London and Glasgow had links to the health...
Recent changes at the top of government present a golden opportunity for climate change to be pushed up the political agenda, a leading environmentalist said this week.
Town halls could be forced to scrap some bus services from 2008 because they face a multimillion pound deficit under Whitehall plans to extend free travel for pensioners.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown is unlikely to introduce an independent National Health Service board and could instead opt for a constitution covering the sector, say insiders.
More than £675m raised from the sale of London's Olympic Games sites will be handed back to the National Lottery for heritage activities after 2012, outgoing Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell has...
The government must do more to prepare the public for the reality of the looming slowdown in public spending in the run-up to this autumn's Comprehensive Spending Review, MPs have warned.
Whitehall and wider public sector reorganisation and mergers must be based on clear rationales and not political expediency, public sector leaders have warned.
The number of pupils suspended from school rose by 4% in 2006 while the numbers of special needs children educated outside of mainstream education increased by 3%, government statistics show.
Public bodies must slash the time it takes to provide services if the government is to become more responsive to citizens' needs, a minister admitted this week.
The Treasury's Financial Reporting Advisory Board has urged the government to implement a strict interpretation of new international accounting rules, which could add £23bn of debt on to the...
Schools in England should be set a target of 80% of pupils achieving five good GCSEs by 2020 to improve social mobility rates, a minister claimed this week.
Voluntary sector organisations are still not on a level playing field with other public service providers, despite central government's efforts, auditors said last week.
The British Medical Association has called on the new prime minister to listen to doctors' advice, as a poll found limited public support for Labour's NHS reforms.