The chief executive of NI Water has resigned following revelations that the government-owned company has a £20m annual revenue shortfall. Katharine Bryan will leave at the end of May and company...
Local Government Secretary Hazel Blears is likely to dismiss a recommendation that councillors serve only a set number of terms when she responds to proposals later this year.
Councils in Scotland will be able to operate a bond scheme to fund former Private Finance Initiative projects, under plans announced by the Scottish government.
Council house waiting lists could soar to more than 2 million households unless local authorities take a lead in tackling the housing crisis, ministers are being warned.
A public sector anti-fraud initiative that has detected millions of pounds in benefits overpayments and some 'blatant and shocking' fraud is to be expanded to Whitehall departments this year.
John Healey has signalled a possible major expansion in the role of Local Area Agreements, suggesting they might become the principal mechanism through which central government commissions local...
The care records systems at the heart of the NHS's huge National Programme for IT will not be fully deployed until 2014/15 four years later than planned, the National Audit Office has warned.
The prime minister has set out 'radical' plans to 'put more power in the hands of patients' treated by the NHS, as a Healthcare Commission hospital patient survey revealed wide variations in patient...
The BBC is on track to meet its target of £75m savings on procurement spending over three years, but could reduce its costs even further, MPs have found.
The Welsh Assembly Government has launched a new strategy to help the estimated 12,000 young people in Wales not in training, education or employment. It is expected to include legislation to provide...
The public finances will be left in increasing disarray next year as a result of Chancellor Alistair Darling's May 13 decision to borrow £2.7bn to fund a tax cut for low- and middle-income households...
Gordon Brown has set out a draft legislative programme combining a new wave of public service reforms with measures aimed at reassuring the public that they will be shielded from the worst of the...
Ministers have seriously underestimated the cost of giving council and housing association tenants more choice over where they live, says a new report.
An initiative aimed at cracking down on fraud and error affecting benefit, pension and other payments in Scotland has resulted in potential savings of £37m, a watchdog survey has disclosed.
The government stands alone in its faith in the national pupil testing regime, teachers' leaders said this week after MPs called for the system to be urgently reformed.
The Housing Corporation is to spend up to £200m purchasing homes on the open market as part of a major expansion of a government scheme for first-time buyers.
