Chester-le-Street District Council, currently under heavy scrutiny by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, has confirmed it is investigating a potential breach of government outsourcing...
Health Secretary John Reid announced £93m to fund three cardiac schemes this week in the latest tranche of the government's ten-year modernisation plan for heart services.
A Scottish Executive plan to scrap the publication of national school league tables has caused a furore, with parents complaining they will be deprived of information about the performance of...
Public service unions are to harden their opposition to foundation hospitals, after the government gave notice it would ignore a motion condemning the policy passed by a clear majority at the Labour...
Local authorities are facing a major struggle to preserve housing investment programmes as new regional boards look to switch maximum funds to a single pot.
Labour's regeneration initiatives received a timely boost this week with the publication of a new Audit Commission report praising councils for improved policy selection and implementation.
Universities may grant places to under-performing students from socially disadvantaged families if proposals included in a higher education discussion document are taken forward.
One of the largest Private Finance Initiative schemes ever undertaken in UK higher education was formally inaugurated this week as the University of Hertfordshire welcomed students on to its new £...
Unions are warning of a growing campaign to undermine the local government deal on the two-tier workforce, as pressure mounts to expand it across the public sector at next week's Labour Party...
Health Secretary John Reid has warned that the government's avowed philosophy of 'new localism' does not mean that frontline institutions will be freed from the constraints of national policy.
Housebuilders could construct more than a quarter of a million homes in Britain without developing a single new greenfield site, according to the Campaign to Protect Rural England.
The four UK health departments must launch a co-ordinated programme to tackle nurse shortages or patient care will be put at risk, the Royal College of Nursing said this week.
Housing associations are being urged to become broader neighbourhood businesses and improve the quality of life for tenants, in the light of the findings of a new survey.
The Scottish Executive is under fire from a senior parliamentary committee over lack of clarity in the spending plans announced in its recent 2004/05 budget.
The set-up of the Downing Street press office is to come under scrutiny to assess whether the staff changes 'will really help improve the management of government communications', the Commons' public...
Prime Minister Tony Blair has lent his support to the 2004 Public Servants of the Year Awards and is encouraging as many public sector bodies as possible to nominate individuals or teams.
Northern Ireland's public sector unions have been criticised by the acting regional development minister for the province, John Spellar, after they walked out of a meeting on water reform.
