Local authorities are to be ranked for the first time, with high-performers promised the freedom to sell their services and set their own council tax levels, according to this week's long-awaited...
Charities have called for an independent inquiry into the way the government counts homeless people after ministers declared they had hit their target of reducing the number of rough sleepers by two-...
Local authorities face the prospect of having to raise council taxes if they fail to fund their pension schemes adequately in the next few years, according to the Government Actuary's Department.
Chancellor Gordon Brown's scenario for revitalised health spending including an instant £1bn boost was designed to bring certainty and clarity to the argument over funding.
Almost two-thirds of public sector organisations fear they will be unable to afford the next round of pay increases, according to Public Finance 's latest survey.
The Welsh Assembly's finance minister has defended in resolute terms the decision to 'rebadge' Best Value and dilute the role of external inspection in the principality.
A promising start, but must try harder: that is the message from education professionals to the secretary of state Estelle Morris after her government's long-awaited Education Bill was published last...
Chancellor Gordon Brown propelled the debate on the future funding of the National Health Service to the top of the political agenda as he announced a £1bn boost in spending for next year in his pre-...
English local authorities could be up to £200m better off after local government minister Nick Raynsford unveiled plans to scrap the council tax discount for second-home owners.
Regional rail services look set to move back into public sector control with ministers preparing to give major cities a key role in managing local train networks.
Civil servants across Whitehall are confused about who their 'customers' are, with many considering ministers their main focus for policy, a government-sponsored report reveals.
Local authorities are to be given clear guidance from the government on how much low-cost housing they should demand from developers under the system of 'planning gain'.
Bob Kiley, the transport commissioner for London, told Public Finance this week that the proposed controversial public-private partnership for the Tube was close to falling through.
Members of the panel overseeing the government's review of Best Value were still being appointed as it prepared to meet for the first time last week, Public Finance has learned.
Local authorities reiterated their opposition to any enforced reorganisation this week as the government set a clear timetable for elected regional assemblies.
English councils are set to receive an increase of around 7% in grant when ministers unveil the provisional 2002/03 finance settlement next week, Public Finance can reveal.
The Employers Organisation is to set up a graduate training programme to try to attract some of the brightest and best university students into a career in local government.
Social housing needs billions of pounds more in funding from 2003/04 onwards to tackle social regeneration and to provide 20,000 extra homes per year, the government was told this week.
