The Association of Police Authorities fears that the Home Office's latest initiative to reduce crime in deprived areas could be undermined by elevating national police priorities at the expense of...
A Commons' committee this week condemned the 'appalling state' of Britain's parks and open spaces and called for a revision of planning policies to overcome 'institutional obstacles' to improvements...
English councils face the prospect of double-digit rises in council tax to fund police services after claims that David Blunkett's national policing plan is incompatible with local forces'...
Tenants will be able to transfer their local authority homes to 'community mutual' housing associations, enabling them to manage and collectively own their properties, under plans drawn up by the...
The Local Government Association has backed David Blunkett's overhaul of the asylum system in the face of grassroots criticism over plans for induction centres in rural areas.
Stephen Byers' April deadline for implementing changes to the Best Value regime will almost certainly be missed as the review he set up remains mired in stalemate.
Local Government Secretary Stephen Byers this week revealed that he was prepared to review the controversial local government categorisation system announced in the recent white paper.
Boxing fans denied the prospect of a Lennox Lewis/Mike Tyson match-up would have been well advised to turn their attentions to Cardiff last weekend, as the government and unions squared up to each...
The Association of Police Authorities has attacked the government's Police Reform Bill for undermining local policing and threatening 'meaningful modernisation'.
More than a quarter of secondary schools seeking a new head teacher in the past academic year were forced to re-advertise, according to figures from Education Data Surveys.
Council leaders have accused Mayor Ken Livingstone of 'attempting to bleed Londoners dry' with his suggested 35% increase in the Greater London Authority precept.
Labour is facing a major crisis over homelessness after figures showed the number of families living in bed and breakfast accommodation has risen by nearly a quarter in just 12 months.
The Welsh Assembly's finance minister has defended in resolute terms the decision to 'rebadge' Best Value and dilute the role of external inspection in the principality.
A promising start, but must try harder: that is the message from education professionals to the secretary of state Estelle Morris after her government's long-awaited Education Bill was published last...
Chancellor Gordon Brown propelled the debate on the future funding of the National Health Service to the top of the political agenda as he announced a £1bn boost in spending for next year in his pre-...
English councils are set to receive an increase of around 7% in grant when ministers unveil the provisional 2002/03 finance settlement next week, Public Finance can reveal.
Northern Ireland's health service has been thrown into crisis by a cash shortage, according to Dr Joe Hendron, chair of the Assembly's health committee.
The Association of Police Authorities (APA) has launched a four-pronged self-assessment and continuous improvement programme under the auspices of Best Value.
Prejudice in central government circles against the ability of councils to deliver service improvement helped derail Best Value in Wales, according to one of the principality's most prominent local...
Audit Commission controller Sir Andrew Foster has revealed plans to work with a Welsh local authority to develop its much-vaunted new model for Best Value inspections.
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence has insisted it is not being marginalised despite a government decision to launch a large-scale clinical trial of multiple sclerosis drugs that Nice had...