The new benefits minister is intent on reforms that will raise the employment rate, overhaul housing allowances and fix the DWP's IT systems. Mark Conrad reports
One of the few contractors to show interest in the Private Finance Initiative in housing has blamed the government and local authorities for its limited success.
Councils are targeting social services as prime areas to achieve Gershon efficiency gains. But can these 'Cinderella services' really live on less? Paul Gosling reports
Lambeth council's 'zero tolerance' approach to non-payment of council tax goes hand in hand with its efforts to explain to residents how this will result in increased revenues and high-quality...
Housing associations and private developers will have to build eco-friendly homes to receive a share of more than £3.3bn in grants over the next two years.
Safeguards to protect NHS patients in Scotland are 'more robust and coherent' than at any time in the history of the service, a public sector watchdog has concluded.
Government buildings within the Stormont estate in Belfast might be sold off as part of a programme to rationalise civil service accommodation, Northern Ireland's Department of Finance and Personnel...
Real food is back on the political menu, after TV chef Jamie Oliver shamed the government over junk meals in schools. But despite all the noise, is there enough will and cash to give every school...
Everyone from the Lonely Planet tourist guides to think-tank boffins agree that Britain's city centres now beat anything on offer in Europe. What is responsible for this transformation, asks Will...
Private developers and housing associations look set to share £200m in development grants that will be paid out by the Housing Corporation later this year.
Nurses who withhold a comforting hand; schools that stop children playing outside; community hospitals that ban home-made cakes at a party. The risk-averse culture has gone far too far, argues Julia...
A Scottish council is set to become the subject of one of the most critical reports of a local authority's performance ever produced by the public spending watchdog, the Accounts Commission.
Government proposals to give people a leg up on to the property ladder are a step in the right direction, the author of its review of housing supply has told Public Finance .
