A government spending watchdog has warned that public sector comparators are not robust enough by themselves to guarantee the value for money of Private Finance Initiative schemes.
Some of the most disadvantaged people in society are missing out on disability benefits because of delays and mistakes in medical assessments, MPs have discovered.
The Liberal Democrats pledged to create a 'world-class NHS' with more investment than ever before when they unveiled their alternative Budget on April 8.
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...
Stephen Byers has intervened to end six months of stalemate in the Best Value review he initiated, imposing his own solution to the two-tier workforce problem.
At first glance, there is little to connect the near riot by supposed anarchists outside Barcelona's Palau de Congressos convention centre at the European Union summit last weekend and the serene,...
Unison this week urged the government to delay the introduction of a controversial accounting standard that it said would cause 'chaos and losses' to pension funds across the public sector after...
Details have emerged of a spat involving the Treasury, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and sports minister Richard Caborn over the departure of Sport England's chief executive with a...
The government's New Deal has had a beneficial effect on levels of youth employment and the economy in general, according to auditor general Sir John Bourn.
Cannabis-based pain relief drugs could be approved for use in the NHS on prescription by 2004 or 2005 after the Department of Health this week included them in new remedies referred to the National...
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.
Unison this week raised 'serious concerns' over the potential scope for public sector employers to push experienced staff into early retirement to save money on pensions.
Whitehall's largest union is to hold more strikes in benefits offices after the Department for Work and Pensions refused to hold conciliation talks in the long-running dispute over staff security.
The government is considering a radical change to the structure of the Local Government Pension Scheme as it seeks to reduce the rising cost of contributions from the public purse.
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...
Senior mandarins are increasingly confident of heading off the unwelcome spectre of a business leader being imposed as civil service chief when Sir Richard Wilson retires in August.
A backlash against audit and inspection may be gathering force. New studies just published in the US say league tables for hospitals and schools can push up spending while reducing quality of service...
Government officials are considering a fundamental reorganisation of police pensions after it was revealed that the total liability for English and Welsh forces may have leapt to £36bn.
The Ministry of Defence and the Inland Revenue are facing a payout of millions of pounds to army war veterans after wrongly deducting tax from disability pensions for the past 50 years.
Ian Blair, the deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service, has warned that the force's 2002/03 financial settlement could throw the capital's policing into 'crisis', despite a likely...
