Smaller landlords have again emerged as the most cost effective in the Housing Corporation's latest tables comparing the financial performance of housing associations.
The Housing Corporation and other regulators should reduce pressure on social landlords by synchronising their work and sharing information, according to an independent review.
Senior officials from four Whitehall departments have been appointed to a new public-private steering group that will advise ministers on information security policies such as biometric passports and...
Got a problem that needs sorting? You could do worse than ask the senior Cabinet Office minister in charge of most things. Mark Conrad talks to the amiable all-rounder
The latest guidance issued to councils on 'efficiency gains' is clearer and acknowledges the importance of quality. But there are still gaps, not least how all these savings should be measured....
Government attempts to speed up planning decisions must not overlook the need for house building to keep pace with economic growth, social landlords said this week.
Councils hoping to set up an arm's-length management organisation or transfer their homes to a housing association will be able to submit bids following next month's local elections.
Housing associations are continuing to receive the lion's share of government money for new homes in spite of fresh competition from private developers.
The Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 must prioritise anti-child poverty investment if ministers are to hit their targets on the issue, a new report claims.
Thirty-nine finalists have been selected by the judges of the Public Servants of the Year Awards to go forward to the high-profile ceremony in London in May.
Town halls will need more money if they are to help the government achieve their ambitious carbon emission targets, local government leaders warned this week.
Nurses and doctors from developing countries can no longer be poached by the NHS, but other richer nations do not have the same restrictions. Ministers Rosie Winterton and Gareth Thomas call for a...
Self-governing trust schools are New Labour's latest big idea for education. But confusion still reigns over their structure and how they will be governed in practice. Tash Shifrin investigates
Gordon Brown gave an unambiguous signal that the days of plenty are over for the public sector as he used his Budget statement to announce that four Whitehall departments would have their expenditure...
Yes, the government missed its 2004/05 target for reducing the number of children in poverty but it has made some heartening progress towards the overall goal. Ian Kearns explains what it needs to...
The PM is to appoint a new independent 'ethics czar' to stem rising public concern over political misconduct. It doesn't go far enough, argues Colin Talbot
