There is anxiety amongst public sector commissioners about the ‘viability’ of contractors following the sharp downturn in the economy, the chief executive of the Audit Commission has...
The home secretary has dropped plans for directly elected policing representatives after conceding the idea did not carry sufficient support due to fears over the politicisation of policing
The government’s ambitious plans to help people with mental health problems find and keep jobs must be supported by a ‘skilled rehabilitation workforce’, experts have said
Scottish council leaders have warned that they face ‘tough’ spending decisions next year, despite a 5.1% funding increase announced by Finance Secretary John Swinney
The Scottish Government and public sector bodies have been told to show stronger leadership on energy efficiency and give it greater priority at a time of soaring prices
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has retained plans to put the civil service on a statutory footing and a series of public service reforms in his slimmed-down Queen’s Speech – but housing...
The British Council, which promotes English language and culture across the globe, has been criticised for a reform programme that is harming services, staff morale and income
Local variation in state-supported care for older people should be replaced by a national framework setting out minimum entitlements, according to a landmark report into the future of social care
The failings of the housing finance system must not be used by local authority landlords as an excuse for poor performance, the head of the new tenants’ watchdog said this week
NHS organisations were struggling to assess the impact of new funding arrangements this week, as the long-delayed primary care trust allocations and operating framework were finally published
The government’s work-focused anti-poverty drive could be derailed by rising unemployment as the economy worsens, a group of social policy experts have warned
MSPs on an influential parliamentary committee have hit out at the ‘excessive bonuses’ and pay-offs for public body chiefs at a time when frontline staff were entitled only to inflation-...
The NHS must ‘do efficiency like never before’ to cope with the coming funding squeeze, the Department of Health’s director general of NHS finance, performance and operations has...
