The Highways Agency's case to use a public-private partnership contract for an improved motorway communications system was 'doubtful', the Commons Public Accounts Committee has said
Inadequate careers advice and entrenched social divisions are stopping bright children from poor backgrounds from going to university, an education charity said this week.
In renewed unrest over public sector pay, NHS unions have called for their three-year deal to be 'reopened', while teachers are waiting to find out whether they will join civil servants on strike.
As the global financial crisis deepens, public sector pension schemes are facing a double whammy. Not only are they suffering from falling share values, but there are increasing calls for their '...
The UK's strict school testing regime has helped put British children at the bottom of international learning and wellbeing league tables. So ministers' U-turn on Sats is a welcome change of...
The government has insisted the role of children's trusts will be clarified and strengthened after the Audit Commission said they had yet to show a positive impact and had led to confusion.
The new health and social care inspectorate has launched a consultation on its registration process and the requirements health care providers will have to meet on infections
The social care watchdog has called for a clearer and simpler framework for deciding who should be at the front of the queue for publicly funded services, and a national formula to underpin...
The Audit Commission has defended its decision to deposit £10m in two of the troubled Icelandic banks, as it emerged that several other public sector watchdogs had stayed clear of investing in...
The crisis in the markets has left a trail of financial giants in tatters. Public services, especially those with Icelandic investments, are feeling the strain. Paul Gosling reports on how the sector...
Around 2,000 health service jobs will be lost in Northern Ireland in the next three years as part of efficiency savings, Health Minister Michael McGimpsey has said
The government's battle to reduce MRSA mortality figures is gaining ground but the latest figures for C difficile remain higher than ever, according to figures from the NHS Confederation.
More NHS trusts are managing their money well and delivering good services, the Healthcare Commission has said in its annual comprehensive performance assessment of the health service
Schools Secretary Ed Balls has set out how students and parents will have greater involvement in education, as he cancelled Sats tests for 14-year-olds and published the implementation plan for...
Is time up for Sats? The summer marking fiasco left the government embarrassed, and parents, teachers and pupils fuming. But, argues Conor Ryan, the controversial tests have raised standards and...
