The Treasury has opened its doors to the prospect of allowing councils to raise and control more funds locally, according to Paul Boateng, the chief secretary to the Treasury .
Child protection agencies have joined forces to try to stop vulnerable children slipping through the net as Lord Laming's damning report on the Victoria Climbié case was published.
Health Secretary Alan Milburn has announced a new deal for NHS consultants, which is being hailed in many quarters as a move to give senior doctors sabbaticals of up to three months.
Employers and the Fire Brigades Union were effectively given a deadline of three months to negotiate a strike settlement or face a loss of substantial power as the patience of the government finally...
Council tenants, trade unionists and councillors descended on Westminster this week to increase pressure on ministers to give local authorities the same rights as housing associations.
The row over the 'two-tier workforce' has been reignited with the government postponing publication of its long-awaited employment code after both unions and the private sector accused ministers of...
As the Fire Brigades Union heads towards a resumption of its strike programme, Prime Minister Tony Blair has maintained his tough stance, saying the stoppages are 'wrong, dangerous and unjustified'.
The Private Finance Initiative offers few benefits to education, and high-performing councils should be given the freedom to explore other methods of procurement, the Audit Commission concluded in a...
Westminster City Council has accused the Office for National Statistics of refusing to allow ministers to see data that could be crucial in resolving their dispute over the 2001 census.
Voluntary organisations have slammed the troubled Criminal Records Bureau for providing a poor service. The National Council for Voluntary Organisations said its members had 'an extreme lack of...
Local government leaders and ministers will shortly agree the terms of reference for the long-awaited balance of funding review, allowing work finally to get under way.
Education personnel were the biggest public sector beneficiaries of the New Year's honours list, but other notable achievers came from local government, health and the public sciences.
Local authorities are protesting to the government after having their budgets for housing investment cut. While total housing expenditure is increasing by 6% in 2003/04, some councils are worse off...
Local government leaders have gone on the offensive over this year's finance settlement amid fears that increases in education funding could mean other services are starved of cash.
Ministers are gearing themselves for another battle with Tory peers over the controversial Section 28 legislation, which prevents councils from promoting homosexuality.
