Former communities and local government secretary Hazel Blears has been praised for her commitment to community politics and public participation in decision-making
The finance leader of Scotland’s biggest council has called for a pay freeze across the public sector to meet tightening spending targets and avoid widespread job cuts
Health Secretary Alan Johnson has told MPs it is ‘inconceivable’ that the NHS will face real-terms spending cuts from 2011, when the government aims to restore the public finances after...
Experts have given a cautious welcome to the government’s attempt to get the economy back on track with the unprecedented measure of quantitative easing
English councils should do more to track down the owners of empty homes as a first step towards bringing extra housing into use, the government has said
The Irish economy, feted by Alex Salmond, might end up needing IMF support packages and could be evicted from the eurozone. Now there is a concern that the effects will spread to Northern Ireland
The forthcoming green paper on social care in England presents a chance to radically rethink the whole system, according to Phil Hope, the minister responsible
The chair of the new Care Quality Commission has promised the health and social care watchdog will be a ‘modern regulator’, conscious of the burden that regulation can place on providers
Details have been announced for a £4bn funding framework to provide academy schools in areas in England not yet running a Building Schools for the Future scheme
