Twenty-three local authorities have signed up for the second wave of cross-boundary Multi-Area Agreements, which aim to improve employment and training opportunities and strengthen rural...
Delays in developing new Private Finance Initiative waste treatment facilities could result in hundreds of millions of pounds worth of European Union fines, the National Audit Office has said
The national take-up of online educational materials to help students with their work has been on the scale of a ‘cottage industry’, Ofsted inspectors said this week
Being born poor and disadvantaged is still the major block to success in later life, according to the Social Mobility Commission set up by Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg
The number of bodies involved in local government pay negotiations in Scotland should be reduced, the head of the council employers’ organisation has told MSPs
A parliamentary audit committee has told the Scottish Government that it needs to improve data collection to provide better NHS palliative care services
A public spending watchdog has criticised central government bodies in Scotland over the employment of consultants, arguing that they could achieve better value for money with improved planning and...
A senior housing officer has been dismissed by her local authority after failing to declare that she had moved into sheltered housing previously used by elderly people
The number of errors and patient safety incidents reported by NHS staff has risen by 50% in the past two years to almost 900,000, with deaths associated with the incidents increasing by 60%
Business leaders have increased pressure on the Scottish Government to drop its plans for a local income tax, claiming businesses would be deterred and the economy damaged
The Prince’s Trust has called for greater mental health support for young people after a poll showed that one in ten young adults said they felt life was meaningless
