Plans to reduce police bureaucracy, which the Home Office claims will save 260,000 hours a year, have been given a lukewarm reception by bodies representing the force.
A council-owned housing company that was heavily criticised by inspectors after a scandal over the allocation of homes has received a clean bill of health
The funding system for activities designed to keep teenagers away from a life of crime has been condemned as a ‘dog’s breakfast’ by the local government watchdog
National guidelines and strategies should be introduced to help prisons develop more consistent and effective learning and skills programmes for offenders, according to Ofsted
Police chiefs are to hold talks with Audit Commission inspectors about the allocation of council homes in Nottingham before the council set up an arm’s-length management organisation
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
The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority has come under fire from a senior group of MPs for its continued failure to meet the needs of victims of violent crime
The Offenders' Learning and Skills Service came under fire this week by a group of senior MPs for its failure to deliver essential education and skills to prisoners and offenders.
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Home Office funding for locally led efforts to tackle violent crime is targeted at the consequences rather than the causes and should be changed to allow for strategic planning, MPs have said
The crisis in the markets has left a trail of financial giants in tatters. Public services, especially those with Icelandic investments, are feeling the strain. Paul Gosling reports on how the sector...
The government was still trying to assess the impact of the collapse of Iceland's banks on public sector bodies and their partners this week after admitting 13 councils were in short-term...
In this first article in a series looking ahead to the Pre-Budget Report, the Liberal Democrats' Vince Cable spells out the steps the chancellor should take to tackle the worst effects of the...
