The extra resources being poured into education will not deliver results unless the government frees up teachers' time, ministers were warned this week.
Cuts to jobs and services are on the way unless the government abandons plans to cap authorities, ministers have been warned, as those in the firing line submitted last-ditch appeals against the...
Anti-mafia laws used in the US are to be copied in Northern Ireland to tackle extortion rackets in public sector building projects, the government has announced.
Reverend Andrew McLellan, Scotland's chief inspector of prisons, has issued another scathing report on Peterhead prison, accusing it of failing to address the criticisms in his previous report.
David James, the troubleshooter drafted in by the Conservative Party to identify possible Whitehall efficiency savings, is likely to make recommendations that would modify the way future Tory...
Team spirit and cohesion were celebrated in this week's Public Finance Public Servants of the Year Awards even the individual winners drew attention to their importance. Editor Mike Thatcher...
Ministers were motivated by political expediency when pushing through reforms to the way that £2bn of European Union agricultural subsidies are paid, according to MPs.
Local authorities could move to three-year budgets in the Spending Review after the prime minister promised schools longer-term financial planning this week.
Labour and the Conservatives have fired the opening salvos in this year's local elections campaign, levelling allegations of high spending and town hall mismanagement at one other.
The government-backed project set up to inject £125m of public money into the voluntary sector will fail unless public sector agencies get on board, the head of the consortium charged with managing...
Some government departments are allowing billions of pounds a year to dribble away through fraud in the public sector because of 'appallingly lax controls', a senior MP warned this week.
The post of water regulator in Scotland is to be scrapped and his responsibilities transferred to a board of non-executive experts, Environment Minister Ross Finnie has announced.
Local authorities that defied government warnings to keep council tax increases to low single figures will be capped this year and an announcement confirming this is 'imminent', according to town...
Gordon Brown's plans to make £20bn a year in efficiency savings by 2008 look shaky after official figures showed that Whitehall's administration costs last year went more than £1bn over budget.
London Mayor Ken Livingstone will not hesitate to withhold more transport cash from the capital's boroughs if they fail to pursue policies in line with his objectives.
More than 100 defunct NHS sites across England are to be sold to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister as part of a regeneration deal estimated to be worth £400m.
Council leaders are to deliver a stark warning to ministers that key public services will suffer unless they are given significant new resources in the forthcoming Spending Review, Public Finance...
The Department of Health denied it had demoted NHS information technology supremo Richard Granger this week following the appointment of a senior doctor to share his responsibilities.
Gordon Brown threw down the gauntlet to the Conservatives this week when he used his Budget statement to promise substantial extra investment in key public services well into the next Parliament.
More than £1bn a year needs to be invested in the social housing sector to meet future demand and secure a long-term improvement in the housing market, the Treasury-commissioned review of UK housing...
