One certain result of Labour's rout in the May 1 elections is that it will become a tax-cutting party - or, at least, seek to portray itself as one ahead of a likely 2010 general election.
A huge increase in the cost to local authorities of initiating care proceedings for vulnerable children has been approved, in the face of opposition from the legal profession.
Leading independent schools have joined the chorus of voices criticising school league tables, with two elite schools deciding to opt out of the system.
The government does not know how many websites it operates, despite making online services a major plank of its efficiency strategy, the Public Accounts Committee has revealed.
A majority of people think local authorities should introduce financial incentives to help cut greenhouse gases, according to a poll carried out by the Local Government Association.
The new agency charged with house building and regeneration will attempt a 'single conversation' with its partners, a member of its set-up team has said.
School crossing patrol staff will soon be carrying lollipop signs with inbuilt video cameras as councils crack down on incidents of 'lollipop rage' from motorists.
As Scotland prepares to host the Commonwealth Games in 2014, a survey by Audit Scotland has found that fewer people are regularly taking part in sport and many facilities need to be improved.
Some of Britain's most prestigious science and research establishments are at risk of closure due to 'poor leadership' and 'major senior management misjudgements' by the Science and Technology...
The government has failed to give a good explanation for the current squeeze on public sector pay, an independent pay expert told a conference of trade unionists this week.
The Westminster government should restore £30m in benefits withdrawn from elderly people in Scotland when Holyrood introduced free personal care, according to the architect of the flagship policy.
A poll by the Sutton Trust charity has shown that increasing numbers of 11 to 16-year-olds expect to enter higher education. The survey, released on April 28, found that 39% thought they were 'very...
The £215m investment fund set up by the government to help third sector organisations provide public services has rejected claims that its new structure will create a 'sub-prime market' in voluntary...
Members of the Public and Commercial Services union will consider escalating their action against the government's public sector pay cap at their annual conference later this month.
The all-party parliamentary group on dementia has urged government action over the 'dangerous over-prescribing' of anti-psychotic drugs to an estimated 150,000 people with dementia in care homes.
Staff errors at the Northern Ireland Social Security Agency that caused benefits overpayments of £28m in 2006/07 have been criticised as 'disappointingly high'.
Whitehall's 'mania' for control over councils has created a climate of confusion, waste and apathy at local level, according to an esteemed public policy academic.
One of Scotland's biggest local authorities sold off properties for a sum that could be more than £5m below market value, a report by the controller of audit has disclosed.
Cabinet secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell has signalled his cautious support for legislation to enshrine civil service independence as long as it does not constrain Whitehall's freedom for manoeuvre in...
A resolution of the long-running row over funding the care of unaccompanied asylum-seeker children looks to be near, after ministers conceded that the existing regime needs to be overhauled and...
