Continuing problems with data management at the Department for Work and Pensions have left hundreds of millions of pounds in vital benefits unpaid, a new report has revealed.
It's not just politicians who have a problem with trust. There's also declining confidence in public services. Alex Klaushofer asks whether reputation management is the answer
The Public Finance Public Servants of the Year Awards were presented last week at a glittering event in London. Editor Mike Thatcher describes the reactions of the team and individual winners and...
Two of the main teaching unions are locked in a head-to-head battle over the role of the General Teaching Council after its chair, Judy Moorhouse, was re-elected unopposed this week.
Politicians have been doing battle over the need for public sector efficiency savings. But councils are already teaming up with their neighbours and other public bodies to make major economies of...
In just four years, the capital's bus network has got bigger, better and faster with millions more passenger journeys each year. David Harding reports on London Buses, the command and control team...
Jo McCullagh goes where many others fear to tread docksides, lorry drivers' cafés and construction sites to hand out condoms, apples and safer sex literature. Her innovative efforts to...
The drive to slash public sector waste will not save enough to fund spending increases in the long term, the architect of the one of the government's major efficiency programmes has warned.
It is now only a week to the Public Servants of the Year Awards. With the general election campaign in full swing, this is an ideal time to recognise the remarkable work carried out by public...
Social landlords are offering only qualified backing for Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott's flagship scheme to extend home ownership, the National Housing Federation has warned.
Transport white papers have become mere political adverts and will contain policies doomed to failure until ministers change their relationship with civil servants over reforms, a regulatory expert...
Government departments are not implementing resource accounting and budgeting systems properly to ensure they are delivering value for money, senior MPs have warned.
Fines, controls, ever more parking zones. Are these sensible ways to cut traffic and pollution, and raise much-needed revenue? Or just an excuse to rip off beleaguered motorists? David Meilton...
The government's election supremo, Alan Milburn, will reveal the full cost to taxpayers of his Cabinet role following an approach from the National Audit Office.
The Private Finance Initiative has not gone away it's just adapted to meet changing times. Mark Hellowell explores the opportunities and pitfalls in the new areas that the programme is expanding...
Last week's Budget announced more support for university-based research. But will it be enough to save the science departments that are closing across Britain? Stephen Court reports on the parlous...
District councils in Northern Ireland could be reduced from 26 to seven and given new legal powers under proposals published by the Review of Public Administration.
Social landlords in the Southwest and East of England will be the main winners over the next two years after the government announced regional housing allocations totalling £5.5bn.
They've worked wonders in Canada and the US, and now they're over here to do the same. Nick Raynsford explains how local firms can use Business Improvement Districts to help transform their town...
Conservative efficiency plans are robust and the full financial burdens of scrapping 168 quangos and laying off 235,000 staff have been built into the party's £35bn savings target, according to...
