Most fire and rescue authorities in England are now performing well or strongly, with 32 out of 47 in the top two categories, according to the latest ratings from the Audit Commission.
Civil servants have called on the government to maintain prison-based education schemes amid fears that financial constraints and overcrowding could lead to higher re-offending rates.
Whitehall's largest trade union this week intensified its battle against the government's civil service reform agenda by asking hundreds of local councillors for their views on the controversial...
The Home Office's rehabilitation policies came under fire again this week, after inspectors denounced a flagship training prison as poorly managed and unreformed.
Housing associations are continuing to increase the amount of money they borrow from private lenders, according to the Housing Corporation's annual review of private finance.
A leading public finance expert has criticised the Scottish National Party's plans for a local income tax, claiming they are based on shaky financial assumptions that would create a significant...
The Local Government Association has been warned that it urgently needs to do more to win back the affection of its grassroots members or risks alienating them further.
NHS primary care trusts have hit back at local authorities, claiming that they too are the victims of 'cost-shunting' as social care cuts have increased demand for NHS services.
Ministers backed away from punishing breaches of the cap on council tax rises this year because they did not believe that increases above 5% were excessive.
The number of jobs expected to be lost in Northern Ireland's health trusts has doubled, the Department for Health, Social Services and Public Safety has told staff.
An influential Scottish Parliament committee has criticised the standard of information given by ministers on the financial consequences of legislation.
Northern Ireland council workers take on average more than three days extra sickness absence per year than their equivalents in England and Wales, a report from the Northern Ireland Audit Office has...
Sir Michael Lyons and ministers this week united in an upbeat defence of local government reform in the face of widespread disappointment from town hall leaders, who fear many of Lyons' major...
Politicians suffer from myopia and tunnel vision they look only to the short term and take a blinkered view of the issue in hand. This is a sentiment with which many people would agree.
Local authorities should join the Housing Corporation in persuading social landlords to reduce the number of homes they own in different parts of the country, says a Chartered Institute of Housing...
