MPs have slammed the national IT programme for magistrates' courts as one of the worst examples of a Private Finance Initiative project they have ever seen, describing the procurement as 'disastrous...
Local government leaders have warned ministers that the latest proposals to make police forces more accountable risk 'reinventing the wheel' and undermining the work of councils.
Media and parliamentary interest may dictate the level of humanitarian aid the Department for International Development provides, a report from the National Audit Office warned this week.
Westminster council has called on Chancellor Gordon Brown to intervene in its dispute with the Office for National Statistics after its watchdog cast doubt on the 2001 Census results.
Home Office ministers and senior police officers have admitted that more work needs to be done to improve police performance, following the publication of indicators that showed falling detection and...
Local government leaders have called for long-term sustainable funding to ensure that the latest plans to crack down on antisocial behaviour are a success.
Audit Commission chair James Strachan has appointed Frances Done, the former chief executive of Manchester's 2002 Commonwealth Games, as the watchdog's new head of local government, housing and...
Labour's controversial plan to overhaul the NHS has placed hospital trusts at high financial risk while police authorities, probation boards and local government are all blighted by poor internal...
The Criminal Records Bureau is likely to refocus and scale back by millions its original targets on criminal records checks after privately conceding that it has misjudged demand for basic...
Home Secretary David Blunkett's plans to build two 'super prisons' to combat the UK's rapidly growing inmate population are unnecessary and ill-considered, it was claimed this week.
Service's 128 directly managed prisons in England and Wales spent £461m on essential supplies, while Prison Service headquarters spent a further £491m on central projects and services, such as...
Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt has indicated the government is prepared to review public service procurement in the UK after union and business leaders slated Labour's current approach.
The Scottish Executive is to fund an increase in the number of teachers and police officers and take the first steps towards introducing free eye and dental checks as a result of a £525m spending...
Politicians take up their cudgels again on September 8 after their lengthy summer break, and this autumn the fighting is likely to be fiercer than usual.
A career civil servant from the Child Support Agency is to take over the helm at the Criminal Records Bureau.
Vince Gaskell, change director at the Child Support Agency, was appointed as the new...
The chief inspector of prisons could soon be granted powers to scrutinise the wider Prison Service in an attempt to prevent the current 'crises' within the sector from exploding.
In an interview...