The government looked to have averted the threat of pay strikes spreading to the NHS after negotiating a three-year pay deal with two major unions this week.
Four London boroughs joined Local Authorities Mutual Limited on April 1, the insurance company's first anniversary. Croydon, Camden, Haringey and Lambeth joined the three existing members - Brent,...
Everyone between the ages of 40 and 74 will be given a five-yearly vascular health check through a programme beginning next year, the government has promised.
The Housing and Regeneration Bill has been amended to ensure that the new social housing regulator will have to consult the Charity Commission before it imposes compulsory standards on charities that...
Apprenticeships used to be seen as old hat. But now they've had a ministerial makeover and are viewed as vital in helping to rejuvenate an increasingly ageing public sector workforce. Vivienne...
The creation of an adult social services organisation a year ago opened up an opportunity to transform the quality of care for older and disabled people and the infant Adass is rising to the...
Care services minister Ivan Lewis has vowed to extend the Human Rights Act to cover 300,000 elderly people placed by local authorities in privately run care homes, in a crackdown on elder abuse.
Many large councils will soon be involved in carbon trading schemes as part of efforts to combat climate change. But they will need to raise awareness and improve communications if the initiative is...
Twenty-five years on from the birth of the Audit Commission, is it time for a radical rethink on public sector inspection and regulation, asks David Walker
The fire and rescue service must improve on its response to 999 calls, according to the country's most senior fire and rescue service expert, Sir Ken Knight.
The government has come under fire from the influential UK Drug Policy Commission for 'seriously weak' or non-existent evidence to back up its strategy on reducing drug-related crime.
The government wants us to have a big conversation about Britishness. But its proposals for probationary citizenship and symbolic ceremonies are deeply controversial with major implications for...
Communities Secretary Hazel Blears has launched a draft strategy on participatory budgeting, aiming to give members of the public more say in how public money is spent.
Doctors and patients have cast doubts on the value of the government's extended Patient Choice scheme as ministers did their best to advertise its virtues in advance of an April 1 roll-out.
Tucked away in last week's Budget documentation was the announcement that the government intends to set up a Public Value Programme, intended to ensure more bang for the taxpayer's buck.
Sickness absence costs the economy £100bn a year and the public sector needs to take a lead in managing the issue, the government's health and work czar said this week.
Vital public investment will not be sacrificed merely to avoid breaching the sustainable investment rule when International Financial Reporting Standards come into force, Alistair Darling has...
