It has had more false starts than the 1993 Grand National, but the end now finally looks in sight for the year-long firefighters' dispute.
In what has turned into a bitter test of union, central...
Rail maintenance and building contractor Jarvis will have only support functions in its controversial new contract to advise education authorities on good practice.
Disclosure this week of the £21....
Non-profit-distributing public interest companies have a 'potentially important role' to play in public service delivery, says a new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research. But it warns...
If Amey, the cash-strapped former linchpin of the support services contracting world, were to rise from the ashes, it was hardly surprising that it should be under a foreign flag. Overseas firms have...
Transport for London's new head of street management, Peter Hendy, opened a can of worms last week when he mused on whether local authorities would bother to introduce congestion charging if the...
Rail unions have reacted with dismay to revelations that firms involved in the controversial part-privatisation of the London Underground will be fined just £4m for major disruption on the network...
The government's transport policy is destined for failure unless it sets out its intentions on road pricing and presents a credible plan for cutting pollution and congestion, a committee of MPs has...
Neglect by the former Railtrack has landed its public interest successor with a soaring infrastructure bill.
Network Rail's business plan, published on March 31, showed that maintenance, operating...
Unison leaders said they were confident that members would support the government's Agenda for Change programme on pay and conditions in the NHS, despite rumblings of a major revolt at next week's...
Former London Transport chair Denis Tunnicliffe has rejoined the rail sector as chair of the Rail Safety and Standards Board, which started work on April 1.
It replaces Railway Safety, which was...
London congestion charge supremo Derek Turner is to leave mayor Ken Livingstone's Transport for London only five weeks after the scheme's successful introduction amid rumours of management rows....
The Department of Health will not relax hospitals' performance targets even though most may be asked to treat soldiers injured in the Iraq conflict in addition to their normal work.
Hospitals will...
The government has confirmed it is to throw another multimillion pound lifeline to the beleaguered private company in charge of Britain's skies.
Under a refinancing deal approved by the Civil...
Private and voluntary sector organisations could apply to become NHS foundation trusts under proposals being put forward by Health Secretary Alan Milburn, it emerged this week.
In a move that will...
The government's £40bn public-private investment programme was dealt another blow this week by authoritative claims that potential investors are snubbing the market, following a 'substantial'...
Suspicions among council highways and transport officers that their budgets are being plundered by education and social services colleagues have been reinforced by the Commission for Integrated...
It was not the news that Health Secretary Alan Milburn already facing an embarrassing backbench revolt over foundation trusts and accusations of widespread waiting list fiddling by hospitals...
Buses remain the 'Cinderella' of public transport services and should receive a higher priority, according to the Institute for Public Policy Research.
Two out of every three journeys on public...
Capita, the business services group, said it expected to double its revenue from transport projects in 2003, following the apparent success of the London congestion charging scheme.
Despite a...
The Liberal Democrats outlined their alternative 'cash-back' Budget this week, pledging free care for the elderly and the abolition of tuition and top-up fees for students, but no increases in public...
Ian Pearson, Northern Ireland's interim finance minister during the suspension of the Assembly, has announced a £2bn spending programme under the Reinvestment and Reform Initiative agreed last year...
It's been a remarkably successful few weeks for London Mayor Ken Livingstone. His £2.7bn budget for 2003/04 was passed with surprisingly little opposition, while his controversial £5 congestion...
The controller of the Audit Commission has hit out at the government for pressurising the watchdog to penalise certain councils in the Comprehensive Performance Assessments published last December...
Jokes about hospital food could soon be as stale as the infamous British Rail sandwich after NHS meals were given a cautious thumbs-up by the Consumers' Association.
The watchdog has surveyed...
The Private Finance Initiative is delivering most central government building projects on time and at, or below, estimated cost, the National Audit Office said in a report this week.
