MPs' demands for councils to be allowed to invest directly in housing have been firmly rejected by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, which this week approved two more rounds of arm's-length...
England's largest housing association, Places for People, has been given a clean bill of health nine months after it was placed under supervision following a major governance row.
John Scarlett, the government's controversial choice to head MI6, faced fresh calls for his promotion to be blocked following this week's publication of the Butler report.
The Conservatives would scrap both Best Value and the Comprehensive Performance Assessment system for councils, but have reached no decision on what they would put in their place.
The Housing Corporation is facing its second major upheaval in three years after MPs concluded that it was out of tune with the government's regional agenda.
The National Audit Office looks set to be the body to assess whether the planned multi-billion pound savings widely expected to be outlined in the imminent Gershon report are actually being achieved.
The Northern Ireland Housing Executive put tenants' health and safety at risk and breached departmental rules in contracting for the installation of gas heating systems, according to auditor general...
An unprecedented row has broken out between the Scottish Parliament's chief executive, Paul Grice, and auditor general Bob Black over a damning report which is highly critical of the management of...
Scottish Finance Minister Andy Kerr is to include financial management in senior civil servants' personal performance targets in an effort to tackle underspending by the Executive and public bodies.
The accounts of seven of Northern Ireland's 17 departments and major public bodies have been qualified for 2002/03 in the second year of resource accounting.
Local plans to improve communities are being undermined by the myriad of confusing and complex funding streams, targets and new initiatives emerging from Whitehall, the Audit Commission has reported.
Home Office minister Des Browne has vowed to make the processing of asylum applications more efficient after the National Audit Office claimed that new requirements to speed up decisions had cost...
Hopes that council-owned housing companies might be able to borrow money privately in the same way as registered social landlords have been dashed by a key government adviser.
More than a third of councils could face court action and fines unless they take steps to prepare for the impact of new equality legislation, the Disability Rights Commission has warned.
