The role of shadowing Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney has been split between two MSPs in the shadow Cabinet appointed this week by the new Labour leader, Wendy Alexander.
The grumblings from public sector trade unions are growing louder as Gordon Brown prepares for his first Labour Party conference as prime minister next week. But the strike threats over the pay rise...
Social landlords must help to build a national consensus over the need for more house building by raising environmental standards on new estates, housing minister Yvette Cooper said this week.
No wonder the King's Fund had to take it upon themselves to commission Sir Derek Wanless's review of progress against his 2002 recommendations on funding the NHS.
Public servants could co-ordinate a fresh wave of strikes to coincide with the Queen's Speech, as opposition to Prime Minister Gordon Brown's 2% pay cap intensified following heated exchanges at the...
The local government balance of funding issue is 'irrelevant' and it would be best if all the money were raised centrally and distributed to councils, Sir Peter Burt has told leading revenue...
Gordon Brown and David Cameron might make out they are miles apart when it comes to education policies. But former No 10 adviser Conor Ryan finds plenty of common ground
It seemed a good idea to some at the time but now support for a Planning Gain Supplement is waning. Tim Williams explains why, and suggests alternatives
The gender pay gap for local government managers increased significantly last year, despite long-standing legislation designed to tackle the scourge of low wages for millions of women, figures have...
The expansion of Wales' public sector is turning the principality into one of the dynamic 'knowledge economies' driving UK growth, a report by the Work Foundation has concluded.
Six years on from 9/11, the UK's anti-terrorism strategy is undergoing a major rethink, with a big emphasis on prevention. Philip Johnston asks whether the newly reorganised Home Office has finally...
& nothing gained. Or so say the growing army of private equity investors in public services and assets. Paul Gosling explores the pros and cons of such partnerships for the public sector
The Comprehensive Spending Review offers the government the chance to grasp the nettle of railway investment and finally set out a long-term transport strategy. It won't come a moment too soon
Funds in the Local Government Pension Scheme have 'dramatically reversed' their misfortunes of 2000/03 by turning an average annual loss of 9.1% into a return of 14.3% for 2004/07, a report by CIPFA...
There has been a lack of progress in helping people with mental health problems access benefits and find work, according to research published this week.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has asked Conservative MPs John Bercow and Patrick Mercer and Liberal Democrat MP Matthew Taylor to provide policy advice to the government.
The Scottish government wants to increase the pace of change in the public sector but there will be no reorganisation of local authorities, Finance Minister John Swinney said this week.
Modern and personalised social care services will not emerge unless councils offer innovative businesses a secure return on their investment, a report from the Commission for Social Care Inspection...
Serious doubts have been cast over government plans for 3 million new homes by 2020 after inspectors backed a more modest increase in house-building in Southeast England.
