Got a problem that needs sorting? You could do worse than ask the senior Cabinet Office minister in charge of most things. Mark Conrad talks to the amiable all-rounder
A top firm of accountants is being called in to examine the finances of Scottish Enterprise after the disclosure that the economic development agency has overspent by £30m.
The government must slow down the implementation of some NHS reforms to give the service a chance to regain financial balance, the NHS Confederation said this week.
Senior civil servants this week threatened to launch a series of equal pay tribunals following what they described as a 'depressing' 2006 settlement that does not address the two-tier pay regime...
Local government workers are not striking over unreasonable pension demands. They simply want equal treatment with other public sector employees and a fair replacement for the '85-year' rule
The latest guidance issued to councils on 'efficiency gains' is clearer and acknowledges the importance of quality. But there are still gaps, not least how all these savings should be measured....
Rumours of the PFI's death have been greatly exaggerated. With its lengthy inflexible contracts and high annual costs, its days were looking numbered in an era of choice. But then Gordon Brown came...
Pensions experts have attacked leaked government proposals for life insurance firms to manage billions of pounds of retirement assets as part of a potential compromise over the national savings...
The Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 must prioritise anti-child poverty investment if ministers are to hit their targets on the issue, a new report claims.
Thirty-nine 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 in May.
Local government reforms are threatened by a 'demographic deficit' unless fresh talent is attracted into the sector, an influential think-tank is warning.
Government should increase spending on social care for older people by more than 50%, the long-awaited Wanless review of the future of care funding has recommended.
Critics of choice in public services claim that ordinary people don't want it. Quite the opposite, argues Julian Le Grand it's the least well-off who stand to gain the most
Nurses and doctors from developing countries can no longer be poached by the NHS, but other richer nations do not have the same restrictions. Ministers Rosie Winterton and Gareth Thomas call for a...
NHS organisations in England were promised fewer inspections and less bureaucracy this week as more regulators signed up to an initiative designed to reduce red tape.
Some of the nation's finest minds are trying to track down the culprits for the soaring NHS deficits. Andy McKeon knows where the bodies are buried and says all will be revealed once the reforms...
Yes, the government missed its 2004/05 target for reducing the number of children in poverty but it has made some heartening progress towards the overall goal. Ian Kearns explains what it needs to...
The PM is to appoint a new independent 'ethics czar' to stem rising public concern over political misconduct. It doesn't go far enough, argues Colin Talbot
Up to 80 cottage hospitals in England are threatened with closure and yet NHS community hospitals are meant to be the next big thing. Tash Shifrin investigates
Next week's Budget looks like being a return to form for the chancellor, thanks to a big rise in tax receipts. But is he on course to hit his political as well as economic targets? Peter Riddell...
