Birmingham's housing department should be broken up into 35 community-based organisations, according to the commission set up after tenants rejected stock transfer.
Top-tier local authorities in England were finally put out of their misery when the Audit Commission published the results of the Comprehensive Performance Assessments on December 12.
Education Secretary Charles Clarke could extend New Labour's 'carrot and stick' approach to reducing government inspection and targets by offering schools a respite if they receive glowing...
Northern Ireland's largest programme of public sector infrastructure rebuilding was announced on December 11 by acting finance minister Ian Pearson in the province's annual Budget.
NHS Plan recruitment targets are under threat because one in seven health service workers could retire in the next five years, the King's Fund warned this week.
A Left-leaning think-tank is calling for greater scrutiny of Private Finance Initiative schemes entered into by central and local government, after it revealed that only 6% of the contracts have had...
Head teachers this week denounced the core proposal of the long-awaited independent report on the summer's A-level fiasco: the idea that the two-tier exam should be separated into stand-alone...
Opposition parties have accused Scotland's Labour-dominated coalition of taking the electorate for granted by drawing up plans for the whole of the next Parliament.
After months of delays, the much-heralded Local Government Pay Commission was finally unveiled this week amid claims by trade unions and councils that the 'other side' was expecting too much from...
CBI focuses on needs of 'Joe Public'
Putting the consumer first was the focus of a new approach to public-private partnerships enshrined in the Confederation of British Industry's much-heralded '...
NHS hospitals in the north of England provide better care for their patients than their counterparts in the south, according to the health service's own watchdog.
The two largest classroom teaching unions went on a one-day strike in London this week over their demand for an increased allowance to cover the cost of living in the capital.
Top-performing authorities will be exempted from ringfenced funding as part of the package of freedoms and flexibilities finally unveiled by ministers this week.
The prime minister has pledged that all primary and secondary schools will have high-speed Internet access by 2006 as part of a £6bn information technology spend over the next three years.
Further education colleges are to receive an extra £1.2bn in funding over the next three years but resources will be dependent on reaching performance targets, Education Secretary Charles Clarke...
The Department for Education and Skills has attempted to defuse the growing row over top-up fees for university students by publishing a consultation document hinting that a graduate tax may be a...
NHS trusts that are developing Private Finance Initiative projects should not place 'undue emphasis' on demonstrating savings against a Treasury-funded project, the National Audit Office said this...
