The care records systems at the heart of the NHS's huge National Programme for IT will not be fully deployed until 2014/15 four years later than planned, the National Audit Office has warned.
The way population estimates are compiled should be radically overhauled as the current systems are unreliable and potentially inaccurate, according to a committee of MPs.
Children's minister Beverley Hughes has announced a £35m pilot scheme to improve access to childcare for parents with disabled children. Part of the Department for Children, Schools and Families'...
Private and voluntary sector organisations will be encouraged to take charge of the education of some of the country's most troubled and challenging young people, under plans announced by the...
The government pushed ahead with its plans for unitary councils, legalising its actions only after the event and accepting blatantly optimistic savings estimates. This has serious implications for...
A year on from the publication of his report into local government, Sir Michael Lyons tells PF he is disappointed that more progress has not been made. Joseph McHugh reports
Both sides claimed victory after the first ruling on the legal challenge to London Authorities' Mutual Ltd. But in reality the judgment is bad news for councils and for the government's shared...
Not so long ago, ministers were wild about independent sector treatment centres and their success in bringing down waiting lists. But plans for more seem to have slowed, if not stalled. So is the...
Local Government Secretary Hazel Blears is likely to dismiss a recommendation that councillors serve only a set number of terms when she responds to proposals later this year.
Councils in Scotland will be able to operate a bond scheme to fund former Private Finance Initiative projects, under plans announced by the Scottish government.
Council house waiting lists could soar to more than 2 million households unless local authorities take a lead in tackling the housing crisis, ministers are being warned.
The Welsh Assembly Government has launched a new strategy to help the estimated 12,000 young people in Wales not in training, education or employment. It is expected to include legislation to provide...
A parliamentary committee is to investigate the need to improve the management of public sector assets in Scotland following concern about the way billions of pounds of public investment are planned...
Landlords and developers should not use the downturn in the housing market as an excuse for building substandard homes, the head of the government's regeneration agency has said.
With the main political parties all committed to the academies programme, there is a danger of over-expansion, says James Crabtree. Are there more cost-effective solutions to poor educational...
