Town hall leaders are increasingly confident that radical reform of the funding system is on the way, after ministers agreed to detailed research into the implications of potentially far-reaching...
Armagh City and District Council in Northern Ireland is to pay £32,500 in compensation to a Catholic man who failed to be appointed as its chief executive.
Whitehall must bail out Transport for London if the public-private partnership contracts cannot keep London Underground safe for travellers, the Greater London Assembly demanded this week.
Town hall leaders fear the government is pressing ahead too quickly with its reforms to children's services, after Education Secretary Charles Clarke revealed he wanted a Bill in next month's Queen's...
Public sector unions have condemned as 'spiteful' the decision by the capital's local authorities to withdraw the offer of an extra £200 London weighting for the lowest-paid council workers.
What a difference a year makes. Almost 12 months ago, senior hospital doctors in England rejected a contract that had been backed by their leaders at the British Medical Association.
Pensioner and anti-council tax groups are to oppose the move led by Kent County Council to give elderly people a discount on the amount of tax they pay.
Home Office ministers and senior police officers have admitted that more work needs to be done to improve police performance, following the publication of indicators that showed falling detection and...
The £2bn flagship scheme to regenerate some of the most deprived communities in England is beset by instability, uncertainty and a shortage of appropriate skills, according to a government-...
Civil service unions have voiced alarm at the 'extraordinary' pace of a Treasury review aimed at slashing billions of pounds off the government's running costs, fearing it may lead to job cuts across...
The Charter Mark award is to be developed into a powerful tool within public sector reform, constitutional affairs minister Lord Filkin said this week.
Lift, the public-private partnership model developed by the NHS to meet the building needs of the primary care sector, also offers a useful procurement option for local government, the Office of the...
Rail passengers are forced to travel in 'intolerable conditions' on overcrowded trains and urgent action is needed to stop the situation from getting even worse, according to MPs.
As launches go, the unveiling of the draft Office of the Deputy Prime Minister/Employers' Organisation pay and workforce strategy for councils was more Titanic than QEII .
The Office of National Statistics has told Public Finance that it is considering whether £52bn in public liabilities for decommissioning nuclear facilities must be entered in the national accounts.
Labour's controversial plan to overhaul the NHS has placed hospital trusts at high financial risk while police authorities, probation boards and local government are all blighted by poor internal...
Northern Ireland's Review of Public Administration, published this week, has described five options for how the province's public services can be provided in the future.
