Scottish ministers have promised swift action following the publication of two damning reports criticising serious social care, health and policing failures in the Borders region.
The CIPFA elections for 2004/05 have produced a more even gender balance to the institute's Council after the return of Jaki Salisbury and the election of Jane Cuthbertson.
Team spirit and cohesion were celebrated in this week's Public Finance Public Servants of the Year Awards even the individual winners drew attention to their importance. Editor Mike Thatcher...
School inspections should take into account external social and economic influences to give a more rounded picture of performance, according to a Commons' committee.
Local authorities could move to three-year budgets in the Spending Review after the prime minister promised schools longer-term financial planning this week.
Labour and the Conservatives have fired the opening salvos in this year's local elections campaign, levelling allegations of high spending and town hall mismanagement at one other.
The number of Northern Ireland's local authorities is set to be cut from 26 to a maximum of nine as a result of the first proposals emerging from the province's Review of Public Administration.
The government-backed project set up to inject £125m of public money into the voluntary sector will fail unless public sector agencies get on board, the head of the consortium charged with managing...
Whitehall's statistics watchdog has moved to end political arguments over the use of civil service data by calling for new laws on how information is presented, claiming that the current setup is '...
The UK's new revenue department is likely to be set challenging targets in the forthcoming Spending Review to reduce the Treasury's estimated £32bn £42bn annual tax gap, it emerged this week.
Scotland's Finance Minister Andy Kerr has given a stark warning that the forthcoming Spending Review will be much tougher than in recent years and that Scotland should be prepared for a less generous...
Planners, police officers and local politicians alike need to have their skills honed at a new centre of excellence if the government's sustainable development targets are to be met.
Transport ministers need to work harder to encourage local authorities and private firms to invest in light rail systems if the ten-year Transport Plan targets are to be met, government auditors said...
Scotland could lose up to 50% of European funding because of the enlargement of the European Union, the director of a leading university research centre has warned.
Three councillors have been suspended from meetings for rowdiness, following the Standards Commission for Scotland's first ruling on allegations of misconduct.
The government is to spend £16m on building four specialist units to separate teenage girl prisoners from adults, Home Secretary David Blunkett has announced.
