A programme designed to tackle fuel poverty has directed help to people who do not need it while omitting many who do, a National Audit Office probe has found
Doctors, nurses and other clinicians must take greater control of NHS expenditure, an unprecedented joint statement by medical and financial institutions has said
The deadline for final proposals on local government reorganisation in Norfolk, Suffolk and Devon has been put off until the summer because of legal wrangles
Plans to announce the preferred bidders for the Flexible New Deal contracts have been put on hold while the government and potential contractors renegotiate terms, it has emerged
The economic downturn has thrust public sector finance directors into the spotlight, giving them a vital role in piloting their organisations through a tough financial period, CIPFA chief executive...
Schools minister Jim Knight has defended the Building Schools for the Future programme after the National Audit Office highlighted rising costs and delays
An NHS chief has been criticised by politicians after warning that ‘humanity is on a path towards unprecedented catastrophe’ and that the economic crisis could have a devastating effect...
NHS bodies need to improve the management of assets such as land, buildings and medical equipment to provide more effective patient care, a study by Audit Scotland has found
A £5bn literacy and numeracy programme has left unacceptable numbers of people who cannot read, write or count adequately, a parliamentary report has found
Essex County Council is to bail out district councils that have lost money on the controversial concessionary bus fares scheme, which allows free travel on most buses in England by people who are...
Plans to create 16,000 ‘green’ jobs in Scotland will aid the country’s economic recovery and protect the environment, Finance Secretary John Swinney has claimed
Campaigners have warned that mental health patients face a ‘postcode lottery’ of care, as figures for primary care trust spending revealed huge variations across the country
NHS bodies might be given more freedom to choose their own IT systems while waiting for the delayed patient records system, the head of the NHS has said
The Department of Health has again delayed publication of the new NHS treatments tariff after health bodies raised concerns about its operation during testing
