The Welsh Assembly Government is to commission an independent review of education funding as it seeks to meet the first minister’s pledge to increase investment in the sector
Report after report has slammed the overuse of custodial sentences, yet the justice secretary plans to build more jails. So what is standing in the way of change, asks David Williams
The government’s energy strategy must be reviewed to stop the increase in fuel poverty that is contributing to a high number of deaths, according to a think-tank
Steve Bundred, the man who has come
to 'personify' the Audit Commission,
is moving on after six eventful years in charge. So what next for him and the watchdog he leaves behind? Editor Mike Thatcher...
A former environment minister has urged the Treasury to ‘get its act together’ on climate change by including natural resources in the UK’s economic assets
The Conservative Party will not reveal its immediate strategy for cutting the public deficit before the general election, the chair of its policy review has admitted
Five private companies are in the running to take over a debt-ridden Cambridgeshire hospital, with just one rival shortlisted from within the health service
Ministers are giving tacit backing to a Private Members’ Bill that could significantly extend the powers of councils to oversee local services and utilities
Millions of pounds of funding for improving care for people with dementia is probably not being spent on relevant services, the National Audit Office has warned
The chair of the Audit Commission is to launch a defence of the regulator’s new local government inspection regime, arguing it is an essential tool in making services more accountable
Deputy Prime Minister Harriet Harman has vowed to fight discrimination against elderly people, promising new rights for carers and extra obligations on public services
Lord Mandelson has published the government’s strategy for economic growth, pledging investment in infrastructure and in sustainable and communications technologies
