Scottish Water claims to be the fastest improving water company in the UK. In its annual report for 2007/08, the public sector utility said it continued to outperform its regulatory contract while...
Prison officers have threatened to take strike action after it emerged that a computer disk containing the details of 5,000 justice staff had been lost by government IT contractor EDS. Justice...
Representatives of millions of public sector workers will discuss co-ordinating strike action against the government's attempts to cap pay rises at next week's Trades Union Congress conference.
An internal report has produced a damning indictment of Cardiff Council children's services, which are likely to miss all but two of 20 main performance targets for 2008/09.
The Labour government has been keen to use legislation to push through its public sector reform agenda. However, there are unintended consequences when powers are not thought through, say Stephen...
You might be fighting fit and at the top of your game, but if you're 65 you can be forced out of your job. This could all change after a spate of age discrimination claims and a European Court...
The Office for National Statistics has been forced to abandon its flagship Odyssey modernisation programme, admitting that planned changes to the national accounts and household surveys will take...
Doctors have welcomed plans announced by Welsh Health Minister Edwina Hart for a wholesale reorganisation of the NHS in Wales, which would scrap the existing trusts and the 22 health boards.
The long-term growth in household energy consumption is beginning to reverse, with energy efficiency in the home improving by 19% between 1990 and 2004, according to a National Audit Office report on...
The NHS is not looking bad for 60, and with the government rolling out a new ten-year plan there's plenty of life in the health care system yet. But, as ever, the big issues are all about funding...
Ahead of his address to the CIPFA conference, John Prescott talks to Vivienne Russell about the most pressing issues that Labour faces, and what he considers to be his legacy to local government from...
Figures showing that Scotland spends over 20% more per head on health and social care than England have highlighted the post-devolution variations in public services and concerns over the Barnett...
Regional development agencies have long drawn Conservative fire. But the government's plans to give more powers to city-regions may appear attractive to Tories keen to make inroads into Labour...
The near-revolt over the 10p tax band reveals how Parliament is beginning to exercise its powers to scrutinise government's tax and spending plans a development vital to democracy, argues Colin...
Fire minister Parmjit Dhanda has announced a new equality and diversity strategy for the fire service, which includes what he described as 'the toughest ever recruitment targets for women and people...
