London's five Olympic boroughs will experiment with an employment programme aimed at entire families, under government plans to devolve tailored services.
The part-privatisation of Qinetiq, the Ministry of Defence's research arm where shares owned by its top ten managers rocketed to £107m is to be heavily criticised in a National Audit Office...
More than 40% of benefit claimants who enter work are back on the dole within six months, auditors have reported, casting doubt on ministers' plans to get millions more people into sustainable...
Housing associations have leapt to the defence of a major government regeneration scheme after the National Audit Office questioned whether it represented value for money.
The Local Government Association has rejected a Conservative plan to force councils to hold referendums if they want approval for high council tax increases.
MPs have condemned the Department for Communities and Local Government as 'not up to the job' of managing the Thames Gateway regeneration project amid fears of another public spending disaster.
Plans to improve thousands of council homes in London and Southeast England could be further delayed by skills shortages ahead of the 2012 Olympics, ministers are being told.
Private contractors providing welfare services could be subjected to a ratings system similar to that used for councils and NHS trusts, under government plans to tackle unemployment and poverty.
The Public and Commercial Services union has attacked Prime Minister Gordon Brown's creation of a Border Agency to oversee security at ports and airports.
England's northern regions benefit little from the capital's economic success compared with their southern counterparts, according to a think-tank report.
The UK dumps more household waste into landfill than any other European Union country and faces onerous fines if it doesn't clean up its act, the Local Government Association has warned.
Welsh council leaders hit out at an 'inadequate' settlement for local government this week, warning that council tax rises and service cuts would be inevitable.
Councils could stand to generate substantial financial surpluses by setting up local housing companies with developers and registered social landlords, it emerged this week.
Whitehall's largest trade union this week re-entered 'meaningful' talks with the Cabinet Office, despite voting overwhelmingly for further industrial action over civil service pay, privatisation and...
