Child poverty campaigners have urged the government to invest £3bn in tax credits and benefits after figures showed 174 constituencies in Britain had 50% or more children living in, or on the brink...
Northern Ireland is to follow Scotland and Wales in abolishing prescription charges. Health Minister Michael McGimpsey said that the cost would be reduced to £3 from January 2009 and abolished by...
The condition of Scotland's schools is improving but almost a third of buildings are still crumbling or badly in need of repair, official figures have revealed.
Financial management in the NHS has improved significantly over the past year, with trusts staying within budgets and delivering greater value for money, the Audit Commission has said.
Schools Secretary Ed Balls has said fears of litigation over school trips should be 'consigned to history' as the government announced a £4.5m package to reduce red tape and provide teachers with...
Northern Ireland's health service is making progress towards meeting targets for improving the population's health, according to auditor general John Dowdall.
Town halls have been praised for exceeding their efficiency savings targets over the past three years. Local government minister John Healey said councils were well placed to cope with a slowing...
The Welsh Assembly Government failed to monitor the risk that the Wales Millennium Centre would not break even after opening, despite warnings from independent advisers, the Wales Audit Office has...
Chancellor Alistair Darling is facing major challenges as he increases borrowing in an effort to maintain public spending, senior economic analysts have told Public Finance .
Members of the Scottish commission on devolution have begun holding a series of meetings across the UK to assess opinion on the powers of the devolved Holyrood Parliament.
Energy companies are making annual profits of £1.35bn by charging social housing tenants and others on low incomes extra to use pre-payment meters, a survey shows.
Next April's merger of the healthcare and care quality commissions will make confusion about the National Health Service's complaints system worse, a patients' watchdog has warned.
The prospect of concerted public sector action on pay receded this week when unions decided to put the local government dispute into arbitration despite a warning from employers that staff could...
Young people under the age of 26 are to be offered free theatre tickets as part of a £2.5m government-funded scheme, it was announced on September 23. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport said...
The head of the NHS Counter Fraud Service has warned that £73m could be at risk from fraud through local procurement, where guidelines were not always followed.
NHS patients in Scotland are to be given a legal right to a maximum waiting time of 12 weeks for an operation under plans announced by health secretary Nicola Sturgeon.
