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...
Senior mandarins are increasingly confident of heading off the unwelcome spectre of a business leader being imposed as civil service chief when Sir Richard Wilson retires in August.
A backlash against audit and inspection may be gathering force. New studies just published in the US say league tables for hospitals and schools can push up spending while reducing quality of service...
Government officials are considering a fundamental reorganisation of police pensions after it was revealed that the total liability for English and Welsh forces may have leapt to £36bn.
The Ministry of Defence and the Inland Revenue are facing a payout of millions of pounds to army war veterans after wrongly deducting tax from disability pensions for the past 50 years.
Ian Blair, the deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service, has warned that the force's 2002/03 financial settlement could throw the capital's policing into 'crisis', despite a likely...
A government-funded campaign aimed at dismissing the image of the UK as a soft touch for asylum seekers has been scrapped after only 17 of 17,500 refugees at the controversial Sangatte Red Cross...
Benefits claimants face the stark prospect of a penniless Christmas as strike action by the Public and Commercial Services Union over the screens issue began this week.
Officials this week denied that a private meeting between Transport Secretary Stephen Byers and London Mayor Ken Livingstone heralded an imminent U-turn by the government on the Tube's public-private...
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 Benefits Payment Card was 'one of the biggest IT failures in the public sector' and wasted £1bn, according to the Commons Public Accounts Committee.
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.
Lottery funding body Sport England this week hit back at claims that its former chief executive received a 'secret' payoff of £500,000 when he left his post in June.
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.
A research study commissioned by the Treasury to test the effectiveness of public-private partnerships ran into trouble this week when it was accused of partiality.
Unison members at Westminster City Council have threatened to walk out over plans for a £1bn outsourcing contract intended to improve customer services.
Local councils could be forced to delve deep into their reserves to shore up their employees' pension funds despite the government's insistence that an actuarial review of the market will uncover few...
Strike action by the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) is set to escalate after staff at a key benefit office voted to join a walkout over security issues.
Benefits payments over the Christmas period could be thrown into chaos as the largest civil service union announced it would hold a strike ballot among its 50,000 members working in Benefits Agency...
Pressure is mounting on the Treasury to come clean on how public spending is officially defined in the wake of the Railtrack collapse and allegations that it disguised projected spending increases as...
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Andrew Smith has hinted that the guidelines governing public-private partnerships will be reformed to encourage more investment from the private sector.
Public services were firmly back at the top of the political agenda this week as the Commons Public Administration Select Committee announced a full inquiry into the government's reform programme.