Incentive payments for consultants who spend most of their time working for the NHS and a scheme to elevate junior doctors to consultant level earlier in their careers could form pillars of the...
Six cities have been named by Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell as contenders to be European Capital of Culture 2008, the year in which Britain is guaranteed the title.
Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff,...
The Office for National Statistics this week mounted a staunch defence of the way it compiled the 2001 census after fears about the data grew.
Members of the London Assembly are urging its budget...
Both young and old British citizens have little interest in local politics, with more than half failing to vote in this year's council elections, a survey published to coincide with Local Democracy...
The Local Government Association has condemned the government's plans to fine councils that delay patients' discharge from hospital as a 'spectacular own goal' that could cost some social services...
Devolution campaigners have attacked as an 'insult' a claim by business leaders that elected assemblies will be full of mediocre politicians not up to the challenges their regions face.
The row over health care rationing escalated this week after opposition MPs said the formation of a 'citizens' council' to inform NHS drug and treatment practices was a 'sham'.
Liberal Democrat...
A senior figure at the Equal Opportunities Commission could head the inquiry into local government pay - an investigation that will be undertaken in the wake of this week's historic wage deal for...
Home Secretary David Blunkett has admitted that the Home Office lacks the funds to implement fully all the measures contained in this week's ambitious criminal justice white paper.
Local government unions were this week set to unveil plans for a 'widespread escalation of industrial action' after being given the cold shoulder by employers in the wake of the first national strike...
Nick Raynsford has revealed a talent for nifty conjuring tricks in his proposals for reforming the notoriously complex Standard Spending Assessment, the method by which authorities receive their...
The Department of Health should adopt a more proactive role when the National Institute for Clinical Excellence issues recommendations on drugs or treatments, MPs said this week.
The National Audit Office is calling on Welsh NHS trusts to speed up the sale of surplus assets after inspectors found they took on average 50% longer than their English counterparts.
Labour has retained control of the Association of London Government, following a decision to divide representation of the capital's hung councils evenly between the three major parties.
Forty per cent of local authorities have not drawn up an anti-racism strategy, the Audit Commission has revealed just days before a government deadline expired.
Is it ministerial refusal to bow to pressure to change the face of public sector benefits? A surprise affirmation of unions' power to influence policy? Or a deliberately vague document that hides a...
Local authorities in Wales have a poor record on employing senior female staff and people from ethnic minorities, while service standards still show huge disparities, according to a compendium of...
Council tax bills are to soar by an inflation-busting 8.1% on average, reflecting widespread fears among authorities that their budgets are being stretched to the limit.