The Department of Health is considering abandoning plans allowing foundation trusts to implement a new variable pay system earlier than most other trusts in England.
Media and parliamentary interest may dictate the level of humanitarian aid the Department for International Development provides, a report from the National Audit Office warned this week.
A shadow was cast over plans to introduce a database for children this week after the British Medical Association said it would breach data protection law, while local authorities were also revealed...
Local authorities are demanding a guarantee from Charles Clarke that the promised 4% funding increase for schools next year will not starve other vital services of cash.
Town hall leaders are increasingly confident that radical reform of the funding system is on the way, after ministers agreed to detailed research into the implications of potentially far-reaching...
Town hall leaders fear the government is pressing ahead too quickly with its reforms to children's services, after Education Secretary Charles Clarke revealed he wanted a Bill in next month's Queen's...
What a difference a year makes. Almost 12 months ago, senior hospital doctors in England rejected a contract that had been backed by their leaders at the British Medical Association.
The £2bn flagship scheme to regenerate some of the most deprived communities in England is beset by instability, uncertainty and a shortage of appropriate skills, according to a government-...
Civil service unions have voiced alarm at the 'extraordinary' pace of a Treasury review aimed at slashing billions of pounds off the government's running costs, fearing it may lead to job cuts across...
Social care is to get its own voice in Whitehall with the creation of a national director of social care, Health Secretary John Reid told social services chiefs this week.
The government has rejected independent research commissioned by the National Union of Teachers suggesting that this year's schools' funding crisis has resulted in the loss of almost 9,000 teaching...
The Office of National Statistics has told Public Finance that it is considering whether £52bn in public liabilities for decommissioning nuclear facilities must be entered in the national accounts.
Northern Ireland's Review of Public Administration, published this week, has described five options for how the province's public services can be provided in the future.
The Scottish Executive is to recruit an expert from the private sector to head a new performance and innovation unit as part of plans to strengthen the office of permanent secretary and sharpen up...
Ministers should scrap all national targets for secondary school pupils because they have now 'served their purpose', an influential committee of MPs reported this week.
The Criminal Records Bureau is likely to refocus and scale back by millions its original targets on criminal records checks after privately conceding that it has misjudged demand for basic...
University lecturers have accused the government of trying to hit its higher education expansion target on the cheap after it announced an extra 10,000 foundation degree places.
