Government plans to build up to ten eco-towns by 2020 should not be abandoned in the face of strong protests by residents, a coalition of housing and other groups is demanding.
Labour local authorities and trade unions have reacted with fury to the Conservatives' proposals to subsidise a freeze on council tax increases, warning that vulnerable people would suffer from town...
Northern Ireland is to follow Scotland and Wales in abolishing prescription charges. Health Minister Michael McGimpsey said that the cost would be reduced to £3 from January 2009 and abolished by...
Financial management in the NHS has improved significantly over the past year, with trusts staying within budgets and delivering greater value for money, the Audit Commission has said.
Young people under the age of 26 are to be offered free theatre tickets as part of a £2.5m government-funded scheme, it was announced on September 23. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport said...
The head of the NHS Counter Fraud Service has warned that £73m could be at risk from fraud through local procurement, where guidelines were not always followed.
The prospect of concerted public sector action on pay receded this week when unions decided to put the local government dispute into arbitration despite a warning from employers that staff could...
A fivefold rise in the number of ten-14-year-olds being locked up in England and Wales in the past decade is the result of an 'expensive and ineffective' criminal justice strategy, says children's...
MPs from across the political divide have called for cross-party agreement on a policy of early intervention with children to tackle the 'inter-generational nature' of social problems
Local Government Association Liberal Democrat group leader Richard Kemp has criticised proposals from his party's shadow chancellor to slash the pay of top public sector professionals
A government-backed investment fund for third sector organisations has helped form the largest social enterprise consortium of its kind to provide out-of-hours health care
