The taxpayer was the 'fall guy' in the privatisation of the Ministry of Defence research and procurement division that became Qinetiq, MPs have declared.
The government has pumped £1bn into introducing market-style reforms in the NHS, but they have not yet brought significant benefits to patients, two watchdogs have found.
Carers should be given an individual cash budget to help them cope with the strain of looking after older and disabled people, according to a leading think-tank.
The Ministry of Defence's failure to ensure its fleet of Chinook Mk3 helicopters is airworthy has been branded a 'gold standard cock-up' by a senior MP.
Elderly people and their carers should be given the flexibility to use personal social care budgets to fund gardening or cleaning services, care minister Ivan Lewis has urged.
Unions have reacted with fury to government plans to bring in private sector firms to run failing NHS trusts, while health service professionals have accused the Department of Health of recycling old...
The Scottish Government has imported ideas from the US state of Virginia in a bid to improve public accountability and enable people to assess how it is performing.
Local authorities have welcomed extra funding to help tackle violent Islamic extremism but say this must be matched with the flexibility to implement local solutions.
The British Medical Association has demanded the government 'dump polyclinics', stop investing in private care and hand control of the NHS back to clinicians.
Too many NHS trusts still have weak financial management systems that fail to produce the data required to underpin effective performance across the health service, a senior health regulator has...
The government's proposals for constitutional renewal have fallen short of its promise to transfer vital powers to Parliament, according to a new report by the Commons public administration select...
The minority Scottish National Party administration at Holyrood is facing further problems over its plans for a local income tax after admitting that tens of thousands of students could be liable to...
Communities Secretary Hazel Blears has announced more cash for Planning Aid, to enable people to have a voice in the planning process. Blears said on June 2: 'The Planning Reform Bill currently going...
Finance Secretary John Swinney has ordered Aberdeen City Council to take immediate action to implement an improvement plan following a damning report on its performance.
Candidates for major public sector posts, such as the auditor general and the chief education and prisons inspectors, are to be quizzed by MPs before they take up their appointments.
Ten years of bold reforms and massive investment have failed to have any measurable impact on reducing youth offending, says an authoritative new study.
An efficiency drive in the Department for Transport and its agencies could end up costing £81m rather than saving £57m, the National Audit Office has warned.
