'I hope he's got a way out of this,' a sceptical union leader muses of his colleague Andy Gilchrist, general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union. Gilchrist's 50,000 members are poised for the first...
Business will not be forced to provide workers in public-private partnerships with the same terms and conditions as those in the public sector, the director-general of the CBI has warned.
Top NHS hospitals will be put off applying for foundation trust status if the proposed new regulator is not truly independent, NHS Confederation policy director Nigel Edwards warned this week.
Londoners could face a huge rise in council tax next year to pay for Mayor Ken Livingstone's spending plans, after the capital's police and fire services said they needed a rise of £35 per household...
Too many social service departments are failing to provide well for their clients, according to a new report from inspectors. Sixteen of the 30 councils that have had their social services reviewed...
Public service unions are hopeful that Tony Blair's speech at the Labour Party conference in Blackpool this week offers a renewed opportunity for debate over the vexed question of the use of the...
Resurgent trade union power and support in the public sector is likely to be short-lived unless unions can adapt to rapidly changing workplaces, the influential Fabian Society has declared.
A former chair of the Low Pay Commission is to head the government's independent review into firefighters' pay and conditions as the Fire Brigades Union presses ahead with a ballot for strike action...
SNP leader John Swinney has accused the Scottish Executive of indulging in 'Enron-style accounting' in its presentation of Scotland's cut of July's Spending Review.
Local authority leaders are lobbying to keep child protection services firmly in the grip of local communities and councils, rather than under a centrally controlled child protection agency.
This week's war of words on firefighters' pay is rapidly moving towards action as the Fire Brigades Union prepares to ballot for its first strike in 25 years after rejecting outright the government's...
Unions and local education authorities are demanding compensation for schools as thousands are closing classrooms and using supply teachers after the Criminal Records Bureau failed to clear its...
The Liberal Democrats are to unveil a package of criminal justice polices at their annual conference next month, including the creation of a new Ministry of Justice to replace the Lord Chancellor's...
Regional Development Agencies should turn their attention to improving child care, according to the Trades Union Congress.
The organisation claims that Britain's productivity is suffering because...
The local government pay dispute edged tentatively towards a resolution this week, after the employers indicated they may raise their 3% offer to 4.1% - but only for some staff.
Nick Raynsford has overridden the Audit Commission's advice and given Kingston upon Hull City Council one final chance to tackle its problems before intervening in the crisis-hit authority.
Local authority leaders have denounced as 'unnecessary and cruel' the provision in a Home Office Bill that will ban councils from assisting destitute asylum seekers.
Treasury guidance used to judge the value for money of Private Finance Initiative schemes is to be reformed in a drive to ensure 'more robust' government spending decisions.