The Local Government Association has called for an additional £28m in central funding to councils to help them co-ordinate carbon emission reduction commitments, following the government's Energy...
A senior member of the government's Pensions Commission is set to investigate a £350m retirement fund deficit across Britain's railways sector to help prevent national strikes on the network, Public...
The high-level task force charged with slashing town hall red tape will deliver its recommendations for the Department for Communities and Local Government by December, Michael Frater has told...
The chief executive and finance manager of a housing association that provides homes for refugees and immigrants have been dismissed by the Housing Corporation.
The school curriculum needs to be reformed to encourage more young people to stay in education after the age of 16, the government's favourite think-tank said this week.
Ambulance trusts wishing to make changes to their control room computer systems will have to seek approval from the Department of Health after the discovery that six trusts misreported their...
Whitehall departments are failing to follow correct disciplinary procedures, leading to hundreds of appeals through which some staff overturn dismissals, Public Finance has learnt.
Up to 30,000 NHS cleaning, portering and facility staff will not receive their promised Agenda for Change pay increases this year as deficit-hit hospitals have reneged on last year's joint agreement...
More than a quarter of acute NHS trusts now have greater freedom from Whitehall control, following the authorisation of eight new foundation trusts this week.
High levels of public spending are exacerbating regional economic disparities and leading to dependency on central government handouts in some areas, according to a free market think-tank, Reform.
The Scottish Executive's permanent secretary John Elvidge has appointed an external review team to look at improving leadership, strategic thinking and the delivery of policy objectives for the next...
The Department of Health is considering compensating social services departments for the increased burdens created by cuts to NHS services, Public Finance has learnt.
Councils are warning that they are being starved of vital resources to fund basic services because of the government's inability to produce accurate immigration figures.
