More than a third of councils could face court action and fines unless they take steps to prepare for the impact of new equality legislation, the Disability Rights Commission has warned.
The government is to draw up a ten-year strategy for local government that will herald a 'new settlement' of the relationship between town halls and Whitehall.
The Local Government Association is to reform radically its member structure, replacing its 'static and old-fashioned' committees with cross-cutting boards in an attempt to widen its influence on...
From time to time, evidence of invisible people and invisible jobs appear on the government’s radar screen: when the Census didn’t make sense, when cockle- pickers died in Morecambe Bay....
Senior private sector figures have pointed the finger at government organisations and blamed them for refusing to make information on Private Finance Initiative deals available to the public.
The Audit Commission is piloting the creation of area profiles as a way of building a complete picture of frontline services and quality of life within a specific location.
Anti-mafia laws used in the US are to be copied in Northern Ireland to tackle extortion rackets in public sector building projects, the government has announced.
David James, the troubleshooter drafted in by the Conservative Party to identify possible Whitehall efficiency savings, is likely to make recommendations that would modify the way future Tory...
The Home Office should take advantage of the opportunities presented by the Lyons review and move significant numbers of staff out of central London, a senior MP has urged.
Team spirit and cohesion were celebrated in this week's Public Finance Public Servants of the Year Awards even the individual winners drew attention to their importance. Editor Mike Thatcher...
Ambitious plans to use on-line auctions to save £200m on procurement contracts over three years have stalled, throwing into doubt the government's drive to slash billions of pounds from public sector...
Spiralling public sector inflation is a deeper and more complex problem for local government than the council tax issue, the leader of Kent County Council said this week.
Ministers are celebrating after successfully banning the use of bed and breakfast accommodation for families with children beyond six-week emergency periods...
The Raynsford review of local government finance could amount to nothing with the current regime surviving in its present form, a senior civil servant has told MPs.
Despite the government's commitment to reduce the size of Whitehall, the number of permanent and casual civil service staff increased during 2003, as several departments took on extra...
Planners, police officers and local politicians alike need to have their skills honed at a new centre of excellence if the government's sustainable development targets are to be met.
The Conservatives have pledged to 'denationalise' local government and bring about the 'rebirth of local accountability' as part of a radical resettlement of the relationship between town halls and...
US outsourcing giant EDS has confirmed it has pulled out of bidding to become a partner in the NHS Shared Financial Services, but insisted it was still committed to working with other parts of the...
Town hall leaders have published a manifesto for local government as part of a drive to exploit the growing debate over 'new localism' in the run-up to the next general election.
More than 100 defunct NHS sites across England are to be sold to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister as part of a regeneration deal estimated to be worth £400m.
Public sector finance managers have given strong backing to the government's plans to relocate thousands of civil servants from London to the provinces as part of a multibillion pound efficiency