Local Government Secretary Stephen Byers this week revealed that he was prepared to review the controversial local government categorisation system announced in the recent white paper.
Boxing fans denied the prospect of a Lennox Lewis/Mike Tyson match-up would have been well advised to turn their attentions to Cardiff last weekend, as the government and unions squared up to each...
The Association of Police Authorities has attacked the government's Police Reform Bill for undermining local policing and threatening 'meaningful modernisation'.
More than a quarter of secondary schools seeking a new head teacher in the past academic year were forced to re-advertise, according to figures from Education Data Surveys.
Council leaders have accused Mayor Ken Livingstone of 'attempting to bleed Londoners dry' with his suggested 35% increase in the Greater London Authority precept.
Labour is facing a major crisis over homelessness after figures showed the number of families living in bed and breakfast accommodation has risen by nearly a quarter in just 12 months.
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 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.
Northern Ireland's health service has been thrown into crisis by a cash shortage, according to Dr Joe Hendron, chair of the Assembly's health committee.
The Association of Police Authorities (APA) has launched a four-pronged self-assessment and continuous improvement programme under the auspices of Best Value.
Prejudice in central government circles against the ability of councils to deliver service improvement helped derail Best Value in Wales, according to one of the principality's most prominent local...
Audit Commission controller Sir Andrew Foster has revealed plans to work with a Welsh local authority to develop its much-vaunted new model for Best Value inspections.
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence has insisted it is not being marginalised despite a government decision to launch a large-scale clinical trial of multiple sclerosis drugs that Nice had...
Local authorities need to address the failings rampant in the administration of housing benefit as poor management is causing hardship for claimants, according to the Audit Commission.
Ministers are preparing to force mayoral referendums in more than half a dozen councils next month as the momentum to get more London-style, directly elected leaders in place gathers pace.
English local authorities are demanding a substantial increase in next year's finance settlement if they are to avert major service cuts and huge hikes in council tax.
The new arrangements were introduced on October 1, categorising elderly patients requiring long-term nursing care into three funding categories £35, £70 and £110 per week following an assessment...
The government should plug the nursing recruitment gap rather than spend increasing amounts of money on temporary staff, the Royal College of Nursing argued this week.
The government's attempts to increase the number of successful adoptions by setting up a national register must not obscure the needs of children, the Association of Directors of Social Services...
The foot and mouth crisis looks set to become the agricultural version of the Millennium Dome fiasco as the National Audit Office launches an investigation into the government's handling of the...
Final contracts that would allow the private sector preferred bidders to begin work on London Underground's deep Tube lines could be delayed by a further six months until next spring.
