Prime Minister Tony Blair's harmonious relations with Britain's unions disintegrated within hours of his speech to the Trades Union Congress in Brighton, when the leaders of 11 public sector unions...
Public service reform is being undermined by a civil service inherently resistant to change and lacking in specialised skills, according to the Demos think-tank.
Local authorities believe Best Value is achieving significant improvements to services but there is still widespread dissatisfaction with the accompanying inspection regime, according to new research.
Audit Commission chief executive Steve Bundred believes CIPFA's proposed merger would help restore public confidence in the profession following a series of scandals.
Local authorities must pay higher fees to care homes if they want to staunch the loss of beds, researchers have warned, after almost 10,000 disappeared in 2003/04.
Arm's-length management organisations could be given control of local authority homes in a move that could lead to full privatisation of council housing stock.
The Local Government Association has pledged that poor or weak performing councils will be a thing of the past by 2007 as part of a bold bargaining agenda to extract more freedoms from Whitehall.
Affordable early years education remains out of reach for too many families despite impressive levels of government investment, senior MPs said this week.
Prime Minister Tony Blair marked his return from his summer break by stepping up Labour's campaign against antisocial behaviour and promoting councils' new powers in the fight against 'louts'.
Applications by council tenants to buy their homes have plummeted since the government slashed discounts in London and the Southeast, new figures reveal.
Vulnerable older people will be able to access benefits and services through a single point of contact under a 'quiet revolution' unveiled by the government this week.
The government must take the lead on tackling equal pay as unions begin to put it at the centre of their bargaining agendas, the Trades Union Congress has warned.
Housing and local government officials have responded angrily to the government's decision to slash funding for vulnerable housing tenants by £105m, warning of 'potentially disastrous' consequences...
Trades Union Congress leader Brendan Barber has urged ministers to consider alternatives to slashing council workers' pension pots before proceeding with an overhaul of town hall retirement schemes...
Electoral Commission officials will report on the potential for fraud in all-postal ballot elections next week, following a review of the controversial voting methods piloted this summer.
North Cornwall District Council faces a repairs bill totalling millions of pounds following the flash floods that ripped through the village of Boscastle this week.
English devolution is being driven by a small number of organisations and individuals that are 'in the loop', with the rest failing to grasp its potential future impact, research suggests.
