Prime Minister Tony Blair has taken his argument for a radical reshaping of the public services direct to frontline staff.
A 30-page pamphlet setting out Labour's vision for a more efficient public...
The spectre of further legal action hung over the London Tube public-private partnership saga this week as Mayor Ken Livingstone complained he was still being fobbed off on his demand for crucial...
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...
The government's attempt to banish disillusionment with Best Value by overhauling the system is 'flawed' and needs more thought, a leading local government moderniser has told Public Finance .
Local government representatives have urged the government to tackle the 'grim' state of social care and fill the struggling service's £200m funding gap.
English councils face the prospect of double-digit rises in council tax to fund police services after claims that David Blunkett's national policing plan is incompatible with local forces'...
Home Secretary David Blunkett's plan to beef up police forces in England and Wales by using civilian warden patrols is an impractical 'tinderbox' that will encounter legal difficulties, according to...
An influential group of public sector leaders has thrown down the gauntlet to Tony Blair and demanded that he defend frontline workers from attacks on their professionalism.
Ken Livingstone has been forced to tone down his ambitious plans for London's transport network, after he reluctantly agreed a deal to save the capital's 2002/03 budget.
The government reiterated its strategy to target Class A drug users as it announced figures which, it claimed, showed early treatment for users was producing big financial savings for the criminal...
Prisoners in jail for non-violent crimes may be allowed out on weekdays to work and to see their families under prison reforms announced by Home Secretary David Blunkett on February 4.
The Local Government Association has vowed to 'fight on' in its battle to win more resources after the government published its 'disappointing' final finance settlement for local government.
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...
The NHS Counter Fraud Service expects to have recovered £12m paid out in fake claims by the end of the financial year, the Department of Health has said.
The Association of Police Authorities has attacked the government's Police Reform Bill for undermining local policing and threatening 'meaningful modernisation'.
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.
Self-improvement is the mantra adopted by millions at this time of year. But unfortunately it is not a resolution dear to those in Westminster or Whitehall. The flabby way this country is governed...
Ministerial intervention into Britain's largest council looks inevitable after Birmingham this week strongly rejected the government's calls for a referendum for a directly elected mayor.
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...
The Local Government Association has attacked the recent local government finance settlement for ignoring the increased demands being made on councils over personal social services.