Councils across England could save tens of millions of pounds from sharing their property, according to early results from a Local Government Association pilot.
Upper-tier councils in England will take over responsibility for providing access to sexual health services, the national child measurement programme and the NHS's health check assessments, ministers...
NHS trusts are doubtful about meeting their productivity targets for 2011/12, making cuts to services more likely, according to a King’s Fund survey published today.
Eight prisons could be taken over by private companies in the next year as part of the government's public service reforms, the Ministry of Justice announced yesterday.
Scottish Education Secretary Michael Russell is facing fresh pressure to account for an apparent ‘black hole’ in the funds available to pay for policy of no tuition fees at Scottish universities.
English councils should be allowed to retain between 40% and 60% of their business rate growth indefinitely in the government’s shake-up of local government finance, according to a think-tank.
Local authority chiefs in England do not feel well-prepared for the government’s changes to their audit arrangements, according to a survey published today.
MPs have called for the rail regulator to be reformed, saying that without more 'teeth' it is unlikely to be able to put effective pressure on the industry to reduce costs.
Scotland's local authority accounting advisory body has published a handbook to help councillors and other public body governors navigate their way through long and complex financial documents.
Public service ombudsmen are to be given expanded roles as part of the government's public service reforms for England, Prime Minister David Cameron said yesterday.
The government has published its delayed plans to open up public services to new providers, with Prime Minister David Cameron saying that the government will 'bring an end to the "top-down, get what...
The social care regulator has said it will ensure that Southern Cross care homes continue to be operated to essential standards following the company’s collapse.
