The New Years Honours list once again recognised leadership and success across the public sector but stirred up controversy as Treasury permanent secretary Nick Macpherson was rewarded with a...
Figures relating to council tax levels and collection rates, the House Price Index and NHS waiting times should be independently verified and branded as ‘National Statistics’, the UK...
Taxpayers will have to find £81m to cover the ‘stupendous incompetence’ of the Department for Transport following its failure to implement plans for its shared service centre, a senior...
The home secretary has dropped plans for directly elected policing representatives after conceding the idea did not carry sufficient support due to fears over the politicisation of policing
Scottish council leaders have warned that they face ‘tough’ spending decisions next year, despite a 5.1% funding increase announced by Finance Secretary John Swinney
An influential parliamentary committee has voiced doubts over whether a new method of funding capital projects in Scotland will provide better value for money
The Scottish Government and public sector bodies have been told to show stronger leadership on energy efficiency and give it greater priority at a time of soaring prices
Refocusing public services to raise the aspirations of young people in deprived communities will form a major part of government social policy in 2009, according to the Cabinet Office
The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come reveals a grim vision for the public sector, says Tony Travers. But at least services are now in a stronger position to withstand the worst
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has retained plans to put the civil service on a statutory footing and a series of public service reforms in his slimmed-down Queen’s Speech – but housing...
