More and more civil servants now operate at arm's length from Whitehall as part of agencies. But there are suggestions that a Tory government might reverse this trend and attempt a 'radical...
Public sector managers must abandon the 'outmoded' style of the twentieth-century civil service if public services are to face up to new challenges, a local government think-tank has said.
There remains a lack of coherence in education provision for many 16-year-olds, despite attempts to create a joined-up 14-19 structure for learning, a review of local provision has found.
Former Local Government Association chair Lord Bruce-Lockhart has died of cancer at the age of 66. A former leader of Kent County Council, Sandy Bruce-Lockhart was LGA chair from 2004 to 2007, where...
Scottish local authority employers and trade union leaders met this week in an attempt to resolve the pay dispute that led to a one-day strike by 150,000 workers.
The huge number of gleaming new hospitals are a testament to the success of the Private Finance Initiative. But can the policy survive now that it is no longer the only game in town? Mark Hellowell...
The head of the new social housing regulatory body talks to Neil Merrick about how he intends to fundamentally challenge the way that housing associations operate
Targets get a bad press. When the subject comes up on the Today programme, John Humphrys can barely suppress a snarl. Hardly a day goes by without some professional body or senior public official...
Voluntary organisations can get to people and places that other service providers struggle to reach. Or can they? The government thinks so but the public administration select committee is not so...
Citizen empowerment is intended to complement local democracy, but the growth in partnerships can mean less involvement. Chris Skelcher and Eric-Hans Klijn explain how this circle could be squared
High-achieving 14-year-olds should automatically take the triple science GCSE to boost the number of pupils going on to careers in science and engineering, the CBI business lobby has said.
The Darzi report signals a move away from NHS targets to patient-satisfaction outcomes. It means a big shake-up for health funding, explains Noel Plumridge
NHS trust boards must take the lead in ensuring equal treatment for people with learning disabilities, the NHS Confederation said this week, following a critical report on the service's...
Direction-of-travel statements will no longer be applied to council performance under plans for a radically simplified and streamlined version of the new inspection framework for local services,...
Teaching should not be viewed as a career for life but as something talented people can easily move in and out of, a centre-Right think-tank has suggested.
The government's review of child and adolescent mental health services will explore ways to provide longer-term funding, according to its interim report, published on July 29.
