A £250m contingency fund should be created by the Treasury to help councils facing unplanned costs and potential community tensions because of poor immigration monitoring, town hall leaders have...
Auditors this week published a glowing report on the independent Pensions Regulator, noting that oversight of the sector has improved markedly since it was set up in 2005.
The government's commitment to the provision of psychological therapies is a significant breakthrough, mental health leaders have said, but care must be taken to ensure demand from patients is met.
Senior MPs have urged the Heritage Lottery Fund to be more punctilious in its funding decisions as the impact of £160m diverted to the Olympic Games kicks in.
Former Scottish secretary Douglas Alexander apologised this week after an independent report delivered a damning verdict on the conduct of the Scottish elections, claiming that voters were treated as...
The new generation of Public Service Agreements are not old-style performance targets by another name, Andy Burnham insisted to the Treasury select committee this week.
The government must press ahead with changes to the accounting rules governing the treatment of the Private Finance Initiative to demonstrate the role of these projects in improving public services,...
A council that was at the centre of a row over a redundancy and retirement package for its chief executive has been criticised for a lack of openness caused by 'unduly close' relationships between...
Ministers have moved swiftly to guarantee the future of a flagship regeneration programme after a government document wrongly suggested that it was under threat.
Stock transfers from councils to housing associations have helped create a two-tier workforce among staff employed by the same landlord, a union has claimed.
The convener of an influential parliamentary committee has voiced doubts about the creation of a single scrutiny body for Scotland, warning that it could lead to 'over-centralisation'.
Local authorities must perform detailed needs assessments of elderly people going into care homes to help them get a fair deal, the Commission for Social Care Inspection insisted this week.
