The prime minister has set out 'radical' plans to 'put more power in the hands of patients' treated by the NHS, as a Healthcare Commission hospital patient survey revealed wide variations in patient...
The BBC is on track to meet its target of £75m savings on procurement spending over three years, but could reduce its costs even further, MPs have found.
The Welsh Assembly Government has launched a new strategy to help the estimated 12,000 young people in Wales not in training, education or employment. It is expected to include legislation to provide...
The public finances will be left in increasing disarray next year as a result of Chancellor Alistair Darling's May 13 decision to borrow £2.7bn to fund a tax cut for low- and middle-income households...
Gordon Brown has set out a draft legislative programme combining a new wave of public service reforms with measures aimed at reassuring the public that they will be shielded from the worst of the...
Ministers have seriously underestimated the cost of giving council and housing association tenants more choice over where they live, says a new report.
An initiative aimed at cracking down on fraud and error affecting benefit, pension and other payments in Scotland has resulted in potential savings of £37m, a watchdog survey has disclosed.
The government stands alone in its faith in the national pupil testing regime, teachers' leaders said this week after MPs called for the system to be urgently reformed.
The Housing Corporation is to spend up to £200m purchasing homes on the open market as part of a major expansion of a government scheme for first-time buyers.
The public sector needs to quicken the pace at which it makes services more efficient and citizen-friendly, the government's adviser on transformational government has told Public Finance .
The government does not know how much it spends on back-office services and it is 'not clear' how a flagship programme to save £1.4bn in costs will be achieved, MPs have warned.
The government and public agencies were unprepared for last year's floods because they ignored the threat of surface water flooding, which was largely responsible for the disaster, MPs have found.
Parliamentary debates on Whitehall ministries' performance need to be overhauled to take account of the new cross-departmental Public Service Agreements, senior backbench MPs have said.
Government departments pushing for 'personalised' public services need to set up rigorous systems to assess the so far unproven cost-effectiveness of a 'user-driven' approach, MPs have warned.
The Local Government Association has endorsed the principal conclusions of last year's Independent Councillors Commission, but expressed concern over the proposed time limits for service.
