British local government is not powerful enough to underpin a switch to a social insurance scheme for national health care, while Conservative Party plans for 'patient passports' to ease the burden...
Senior parliamentary watchdogs this week launched a broadside at the Labour government, criticising ministers for continually blocking Commons committees from cross-examining senior policy advisers...
Sir Michael Lyons has urged ministers to identify a further 40,000 Whitehall posts for relocation, after Chancellor Gordon Brown this week backed plans to move 20,000 civil service jobs out of London.
Labour activists should make the most of the fact that Labour councils have set the lowest average council tax rises in the forthcoming local elections, the party's leadership has said.
Benefit offices, jobcentres and other agencies of the Department for Work and Pensions could effectively shut down for a full week over Easter unless there is a breakthrough in the dispute over civil...
Pensioners are being urged to claim the council tax reductions they are entitled to as part of a government campaign to stem mounting opposition from older people.
The amount of money lost to the public purse through VAT fraud and error increased by more than £1bn over the past year, according to official estimates.
Local and regional government leaders are urging Chancellor Gordon Brown to stop opposing a substantial increase in the European Commission's budget, so that the UK's four poorest regions can...
The government's drive to modernise public services and boost staff recruitment has hindered the Treasury's attempts to keep a lid on the salary bill in the sector, new research has shown.
European Commission experts believe there is a 'strong chance' that the government's tough stance on immigrants from new European Union member states will be challenged in the courts.
Shadow chancellor Oliver Letwin has outlined the Conservatives' policy of cutting state spending as a percentage of national income. But what does this expenditure strategy mean in policy terms?
Battle lines are being drawn across the public services after the interim conclusions of the Treasury's wide-ranging efficiency review, calling for swingeing civil service job cuts and annual savings...
The government is expected to introduce severe measures to limit 'benefit tourists' if the number of migrants from eastern Europe exceeds its expectations.
The closure of Wembley stadium in October 2000 seriously weakened the project to build a new national stadium, reducing the value of the assets acquired and cutting off a revenue source that could...
The regeneration of 39 of the most deprived areas of England is being hindered by poor financial reporting and strained relations with local authorities, the National Audit Office warned this week.
Officials at the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs have indicated that a review of its anti-fuel poverty initiative is likely to reform the way cash is distributed to those most in...
Local authority representatives have welcomed the government's decision to abandon controversial proposals to withhold housing benefit from antisocial tenants after a consultation exercise revealed...
Big government spending departments are being urged to remove unnecessary bureaucracy and confusion between agencies to ensure that cash for the public services reaches the front line.
One million people are expected to complete and return their tax returns on-line this month, making life simpler for taxpayers and assessors, the chair of the Inland Revenue said this week.