Two new reports have attacked the government's record on children's rights. The four children's commissioners in the UK and the Children's Rights Alliance of England have submitted reports to the UN...
A report highlighting the state of government finances should be prepared immediately before an election, say leading public finance officials in Scotland.
Cross-departmental working and 'continual improvement' in public services are critical if the government is to meet its main targets, the chief secretary to the Treasury has said.
Carers have welcomed a ten-year government programme to support those looking after elderly or disabled relatives, but warned that it did not do enough to help the many carers living on benefits.
The market-based approach to public services has failed to deliver better value or real accountability and should be replaced with a 'public value' model, according to a report for the Trades Union...
Walkouts by public sector workers are almost entirely responsible for a surge in the number of strike days recorded in the UK last year, official figures have revealed.
MPs have said the abandonment by the Home Office of plans to build an accommodation centre for asylum seekers in Oxfordshire has demonstrated 'a startling absence of common sense'.
The taxpayer was the 'fall guy' in the privatisation of the Ministry of Defence research and procurement division that became Qinetiq, MPs have declared.
The government has pumped £1bn into introducing market-style reforms in the NHS, but they have not yet brought significant benefits to patients, two watchdogs have found.
Figures showing that Scotland spends over 20% more per head on health and social care than England have highlighted the post-devolution variations in public services and concerns over the Barnett...
The new independent watchdog for social housing has been renamed, just eight months after it was given the title of the Office for Tenants and Social Landlords.
The council tax in London should be scrapped and replaced with a local income tax, which would go straight into the coffers of the Greater London Authority, former mayor Ken Livingstone has told...
The poorest children are missing out on money earmarked for their education because councils are choosing to spread the funds across all the pupils in their areas, according to economic experts.
A cross-government policy for managing the impacts of migration has been criticised for failing to do enough to support local services and for 'stoking up community tensions'.
Elderly people and their carers should be given the flexibility to use personal social care budgets to fund gardening or cleaning services, care minister Ivan Lewis has urged.
Unions have reacted with fury to government plans to bring in private sector firms to run failing NHS trusts, while health service professionals have accused the Department of Health of recycling old...
