Wales

  • Public Finance
    21 Nov 02
    Rhodri Morgan has left the door open for a coalition with the Liberal Democrats even if Labour wins a majority in next year's Assembly elections.
  • Public Finance
    7 Nov 02
    Social landlords in Wales are owed millions of pounds in rent arrears, mainly as a result of delays in processing housing benefit.
  • Public Finance
    7 Nov 02
    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...
  • Public Finance
    31 Oct 02
    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,...
  • Public Finance
    31 Oct 02
    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...
  • Public Finance
    17 Oct 02
    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...
  • Public Finance
    17 Oct 02
    The Welsh Assembly has rejected a request from Cardiff County Council to shelve the right to buy legislation.
  • Public Finance
    17 Oct 02
    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...
  • Public Finance
    3 Oct 02
    Liverpool and Coventry city councils are vying to be the first council to exercise new local revenue-raising powers.
  • Public Finance
    26 Sep 02
    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.
  • Public Finance
    19 Sep 02
    NHS dentistry must be overhauled as it wastes £158m each year and fails to serve those who need it most, the Audit Commission said this week.
  • Public Finance
    5 Sep 02
    The Welsh Executive denied this week that a programme to recruit chief executives for the principality's new local health boards was in tatters.
  • Public Finance
    22 Aug 02
    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...
  • Public Finance
    8 Aug 02
    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...
  • Public Finance
    18 Jul 02
    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.
  • Public Finance
    18 Jul 02
    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...
  • Public Finance
    18 Jul 02
    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...
  • Public Finance
    4 Jul 02
    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.
  • Public Finance
    4 Jul 02
    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.
  • Public Finance
    13 Jun 02
    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.
  • Public Finance
    30 May 02
    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.
  • Public Finance
    23 May 02
    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...
  • Public Finance
    4 Apr 02
    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...
  • Public Finance
    28 Mar 02
    The government and local authorities joined forces this week to target unruly parents in a clampdown on pupil delinquency and violence.
  • Public Finance
    14 Mar 02
    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.

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