Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust's financial management fell below minimum standards, according to the 2007/08 Auditors' Local Evaluation, exacerbating the trust's dire financial situation.
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...
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.
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...
With Lord Darzi's review pushing for greater integration of health and social care, the appointment of a joint finance director for Kingston's council and primary care trust is being closely watched
Labour is giving its flagship Building Schools for the Future programme a makeover after criticisms of slow procurement, inner-city bias and poor building design
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
