Local authorities do not understand the recreational needs of their communities and must improve the financial management of facilities such as swimming pools, football pitches and gyms, the Audit...
Connecting for Health the NHS's huge National Programme for IT has been dogged by 'scope creep' and core 'spine' problems. But as its chief, Richard Granger, tells PF , plenty has gone right,...
The Department for Communities and Local Government is considering a fundamental overhaul of local authority pensions potentially creating a new scheme with retirement payments linked to employees...
The Liberal Democrats this week set out a radical new package of tax measures in a striking change of direction and a bid to win the backing of the low paid and middle Britain.
Serious consideration should be given to alternatives to custody for certain prisoners in order to alleviate prison overcrowding, senior MPs said this week.
Some of the government's main health service reforms have contributed to NHS deficits and should be shelved, according to the head of the UK's 32,000 senior hospital doctors.
Councils will stand a better chance of securing a slice of business regeneration funding if they look at the lessons to emerge from earlier bids, researchers are warning.
While Labour and the Conservatives join battle over who has the most sustainable policies, public sector organisations are making some serious strides forward. Andrew Ross reports on an issue whose...
Ken Livingstone has pledged to put the fight against global warming at the heart of his London plan, as he published the first major review of the 2004 strategy.
Scottish business leaders have given cautious backing to a proposal to hand a share of income tax, corporation tax and VAT directly to the Scottish Executive rather than to the Treasury in London.
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement's head marries 'lean-thinking' management-speak with NHS values. Sally Gainsbury meets a man of change
The National Audit Office has hit out at the way the Department for Constitutional Affairs calculates the so-called 'payment rate' for court fines its performance benchmark.
Taking on local young people as caretakers has proved to be a winning idea for Richmond Housing Partnership. Its Paintbrush scheme has not only cut levels of graffiti and vandalism but also solved...
Transforming a failing school into an institution that includes and motivates all its pupils is a major challenge, but one that former footballer David Seddon relished when he took on Baxter College...
The Public Accounts Committee has called for the Environment Agency to tighten up its regulations to preserve water resources and safeguard the environment.
Local authorities are struggling to provide appropriate housing for vulnerable adults because of cuts in the Supporting People grant, the Commission for Social Care Inspection has found.
New transport chief Douglas Alexander might imagine he has inherited a successful rail sector. But Christian Wolmar predicts a host of problems further down the track
As all the parties compete for a fresh image, the LibDems have taken a lead by appointing England's youngest MP as a top Treasury spokeswoman. Vivienne Russell talked to her
Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett this week pledged that the government would play its part in helping to transform the nation's lifestyle habits into more environmentally friendly ones.
A Scottish council and its partners are seeking a power that could pave the way for a legally backed authority to co-ordinate services, including those administered by other public agencies.
A catalogue of central government failures strengthens the case for devolving more powers to local government. So why despite decades of official rhetoric and numerous inquiries is Whitehall so...
