The NHS is losing some 33,000 nurses each year in England, equivalent to one tenth of the total nursing workforce, figures released by NHS Digital to the BBC have shown.
The revamped version of the private finance initiative – dubbed PF2 – has been little used and has few major differences from its predecessor, the National Audit Office has found.
Scottish finance secretary Derek Mackay has defended the financial settlement for local government as his spending plans came under increased scrutiny by MSPs.
The Chartered Institute of Housing has called on housing professionals, tenants and the general public to take part in a debate in order to “make a case” for social housing.
Councils around the country are scrambling to identify the full extent of their exposure to Carillion after Monday’s collapse of the construction and facilities management firm.
Local authority-funded smoking cessation services in England have been “dramatically reduced” following cuts to public health budgets, according to health campaigners.
Care Quality Commission chief executive Sir David Behan has announced that he is to step down from the role in the summer after six years at the inspectorate.
Patient safety is in jeopardy because funding for mental health trusts is lagging behind that for acute care, causing staff shortages, according to the King’s Fund.
The UK could cut aid for richer developing countries that fail to “take responsibility” and do not invest in their own people, the international development secretary Penny Mordaunt has said.
The Cabinet Office has re-launched a strategy to move government department back office functions to shared cloud networks, following scathing criticism by the Public Audit Committee.
Ministers have pledged that all public services will be protected following the demise of Carillion, a major contractor responsible for a host of buildings and services across the public sector.
The NHS Confederation has commissioned the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Health Foundation to provide objective evidence of what will be needed to finance health and care for the next 15 years.
Research commissioned by London mayor Sadiq Khan has found that a ‘hard’ Brexit with no deal between the UK and EU could lead to a lost decade of lower employment and economic growth.
Defra has insisted the Environment Agency will play a “critical role” in delivering the government’s environmental plans over the next 25 years, as a new watchdog is set up.
A child was referred to local authority children's services every 49 seconds last year, the Local Government Association has said, with referrals totalling 646,120.
The Wales Audit Office has urged local authorities to take stock of their of homelessness services as real terms spending drops 26.3% over seven years - despite a cash boost from the Welsh Government.
A new independent body could replace the Environment Agency as part of a wider ‘green future’ policy launched today by prime minister Theresa May today.
