Colleges should be allowed to take on a bigger role in delivering higher education, according to the latest report from an influential centre-Left think-tank.
The Local Government Association has pledged that poor or weak performing councils will be a thing of the past by 2007 as part of a bold bargaining agenda to extract more freedoms from Whitehall.
Affordable early years education remains out of reach for too many families despite impressive levels of government investment, senior MPs said this week.
Regional housing boards set up in the past 18 months should be merged with planning boards, which are more than 40 years their senior, the government said this week.
Prime Minister Tony Blair marked his return from his summer break by stepping up Labour's campaign against antisocial behaviour and promoting councils' new powers in the fight against 'louts'.
Applications by council tenants to buy their homes have plummeted since the government slashed discounts in London and the Southeast, new figures reveal.
The government must take the lead on tackling equal pay as unions begin to put it at the centre of their bargaining agendas, the Trades Union Congress has warned.
The NHS could save 450 lives and £140m a year under an initiative aimed at cutting hospital-acquired infections, according to the National Patient Safety Agency.
Housing and local government officials have responded angrily to the government's decision to slash funding for vulnerable housing tenants by £105m, warning of 'potentially disastrous' consequences...
The civil service is 'dangerously short' of scientific and technical staff, and the cuts outlined in Sir Peter Gershon's efficiency review pose a grave risk to vital services, according to a...
Housing leaders are urging the government to stand up to the 'well-funded voice of Nimbyism', which they warn is threatening plans to build more affordable homes.
An inquiry into a multibillion pound health service IT programme is a routine study and not prompted by particular concerns, the National Audit Office insisted this week.
Government departments are using the Private Finance Initiative to get projects off their balance sheets, rather than because it offers the best value for money, a Labour-aligned think-tank has...
Vulnerable older people will be able to access benefits and services through a single point of contact under a 'quiet revolution' unveiled by the government this week.
Public sector organisations should actively promote the importance of whistle-blowing in the fight against financial corruption and mismanagement, Audit Scotland secretary Bill Magee said this week.
Ofsted has vowed to continue applying strict sanctions to unsuitable childminders and nurseries after publishing details of the more than 6,000 complaints it investigated last year.
