Health experts have questioned the evidence for the government’s proposed restructure of the NHS, telling MPs that the reforms risk fragmenting the service and entrenching inequalities.
Four out of ten public sector employers are planning to make redundancies before the end of the year, while staff’s salary expectations are plummeting, a survey released today shows.
The Comprehensive Spending Review should have produced tougher measures on welfare reform and done more on job creation, according to ordinary members of the public
Government plans to raise the cap on student tuition fees came under fire again today for being geared towards elite universities and the best-paid graduates
The election watchdog has said it is 'disappointed' that the government has failed to introduce legislation that would avoid a repeat of this year's polling station chaos
Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude has revealed that the government plans to introduce different models of mutualisation for different areas of the public sector
The government has given contradictory messages on the use of public interest reports issued by auditors after the Audit Commission is disbanded, the chair of the local government select committee...
Hasty immigration legislation such as the recent cap on migrant workers causes more problems than it solves, MPs on the home affairs select committee have warned
It is debatable whether the coalition kept its promise to give the NHS a real-terms increase in funding. Even if it did, the rise was so small as to be almost undetectable, argues John Appleby
The Spending Review confirmed deep cuts in councils' funding along with greater freedoms to mitigate their losses. But while ministers might believe innovation will bridge the gap, the truth is...
The Private Finance Initiative appears to have fallen out of favour with ministers as the scheme’s value for money has come under scrutiny, Public Finance has been told.
The criminal justice system has grown in a haphazard fashion, wasting millions of pounds and making it difficult to strip out costs, police inspectors warn today
Pressure on public bodies to outsource services to the private sector could exacerbate the pay gap between men and women, campaigners and trade unions have warned.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills was Whitehall’s greatest user of cars last year, figures issued by Transport Secretary Philip Hammond have shown.
