MPs have praised the new Pensions Regulator for identifying schemes where members' benefits are at risk, after damning its predecessor body for 'failing to see the wood for the trees'.
Individualism, greed and the breakdown of family and community are among today's top ten social evils, according to a survey by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
It is ironic that a government that has striven to court business over the years has apparently missed one of the commercial sector's principal lessons always keep a sharp eye on the bottom line.
Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly has announced a review of the way Britain's airports are run after a report from the Competition Commission said that BAA's monopoly was not necessarily in the public...
Scotland's further education colleges have improved their financial performance, moving from an overall deficit of £6m in 2002/03 to a £16.9m surplus in 2006/07, according to Audit Scotland.
The minority Scottish National Party government is facing further problems over its controversial plans for a local income tax after being forced to include alternatives in its consultation.
The Scottish Government has rejected use of the Private Finance Initiative scheme to build Scotland's biggest hospital and will fund it entirely with public money, it was announced this week.
Millions of pounds are being wasted by social landlords each year because accommodation provided for elderly people is not energy efficient, says a new report.
A simulated market for carbon trading between local authorities will open for business at the end of the month, as a pathfinder for what will be a legal requirement in two years' time.
An employment think-tank has claimed that interest rates and inflation are lower as a result of high immigration, just weeks after a House of Lords committee questioned the national economic benefit...
A database of up-to-date and comprehensive information on addresses in England and Wales compiled by 376 councils is to be made available for commercial use next week.
Chancellor Alistair Darling has met his borrowing target for 2007/08 according to the latest public finance figures, providing some much-needed good news for the government on the economy.
Concern over the growing number of students in university towns is leading government, town halls and student bodies to try to limit the impact on resident communities.
The success of the government's curriculum reforms for 14-19 year olds could be jeopardised unless Whitehall departments make their individual lines of responsibility clear, MPs have warned.
Local Government Secretary Hazel Blears said this week that councils were vital in managing the impact of immigration on communities - but she rejected calls for a contingency fund for town halls.
Public sector unions are set to pose the most serious challenge yet to Gordon Brown's pay policy, when civil servants and teachers lead a co-ordinated walkout next week, involving hundreds of...
The Welsh Assembly Government is to set up a pan-public sector body to manage capital projects in the country to tackle delays and cost overruns, Andrew Davies has told Public Finance .
