Local government minister John Healey has revealed 11 areas that will act as 'troubleshooters' for the introduction of new partnerships to improve local services under Whitehall's devolution agenda.
Candidates standing for local elections are still overwhelmingly white, male and over 55, according to a new survey by the Improvement and Development Agency.
The director of finance of the Welsh Assembly Government has come under fire following what council leaders described as an 'appalling' settlement for councils.
A flagship government policy aimed at encouraging GPs to shape local NHS services through a beefed-up commissioning role is struggling to take off, the Audit Commission has found.
Star ratings could give way to a traffic-light system of inspection, it emerged this week as public service watchdogs set out proposals for a radical revamp of the local inspection regime.
The UK dumps more household waste into landfill than any other European Union country and faces onerous fines if it doesn't clean up its act, the Local Government Association has warned.
Welsh council leaders hit out at an 'inadequate' settlement for local government this week, warning that council tax rises and service cuts would be inevitable.
Wales has rejected the Blair-led notion that the private sector should be a major service provider. Andrew Davies, minister for finance and public service delivery, talks to Alex Klaushofer about...
Eradicating hospital infections is not just about intensive cleaning. The ways in which demanding targets have been reached might be a cause of the problem and amount to false economies. Noel...
More than 40% of benefit claimants who enter work are back on the dole within six months, auditors have reported, casting doubt on ministers' plans to get millions more people into sustainable...
Housing associations have leapt to the defence of a major government regeneration scheme after the National Audit Office questioned whether it represented value for money.
The Local Government Association has rejected a Conservative plan to force councils to hold referendums if they want approval for high council tax increases.
MPs have condemned the Department for Communities and Local Government as 'not up to the job' of managing the Thames Gateway regeneration project amid fears of another public spending disaster.
Plans to improve thousands of council homes in London and Southeast England could be further delayed by skills shortages ahead of the 2012 Olympics, ministers are being told.
Private contractors providing welfare services could be subjected to a ratings system similar to that used for councils and NHS trusts, under government plans to tackle unemployment and poverty.
