Welsh Assembly Members have voted to hold a referendum on whether Wales should have full powers to legislate over devolved areas without input from Westminster.
Government plans to provide free care at home for those most in need have come under renewed fire as the care watchdog published its first survey of services across the country
Police forces will struggle to handle declining budgets unless a cross-party consensus is reached on cutting officer numbers, according to the former head of the Metropolitan Police
A senior member of the Wales Audit Office executive team has been named as interim auditor general for Wales after the sudden resignation of Jeremy Colman last week
The cities of Norwich and Exeter are to be run as unitary authorities after ministers announced the final decisions of the local government reorganisation in the Southwest and East Anglia
MPs have called for a radical overhaul of the teaching profession, recommending more ongoing training for qualified teachers and higher minimum standards for those entering the profession
Seventeen councils are to receive £1m to train staff as part of a campaign to turn hundreds of empty private homes into social housing or sell them to first-time buyers
Measures announced by local government minister Rosie Winterton to put councils at the heart of tackling youth unemployment have been criticised as being a ‘band aid’ to a larger problem and ‘lacking...
Health minister Mike O’Brien has warned that strategic health authorities will have to ‘justify their existence’, singling the bodies out as a possible target for cuts
Total Place could help solve the problem of drastic funding cuts for local services. But it’s going to be a steep learning curve for both Whitehall and town halls, says John Tizard
The Wales Audit Office was left with a vacancy at the top yesterday after its auditor general Jeremy Colman stepped down suddenly following concerns about his personal conduct
Cases of public sector fraud and data manipulation are set to increase over the coming months as government spending cuts put more pressure on managers to meet performance targets, experts have...
Four arm’s-length management organisations are set to drop their legal challenge to the government’s decent homes programme after two were offered money by the Homes and Communities Agency.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has signalled that he will not make time for MPs to debate a series of reform measures aimed at giving Parliament more power.
Universities should stop ‘bleating’ about funding cuts because squeezed budgets will have a worse impact on further education provision, college leaders have said.
The recession is officially over. But the misery will continue when the next government has to decide between continuing economic life support or paying off the debt. Peter Riddell asks which party...
