Primary care trusts need to make more serious efforts to improve the quality and safety of patient treatment, according to a report from the Commons Public Accounts Committee.
Public servants could co-ordinate a fresh wave of strikes to coincide with the Queen's Speech, as opposition to Prime Minister Gordon Brown's 2% pay cap intensified following heated exchanges at the...
The local government balance of funding issue is 'irrelevant' and it would be best if all the money were raised centrally and distributed to councils, Sir Peter Burt has told leading revenue...
Just over half of the buildings in Scotland's higher education sector are in poor condition and require expenditure of almost £700m to bring them up to standard, a public sector watchdog has found.
The annual costs to the NHS of Private Finance Initiative schemes will soar fivefold from £470m to £2.3bn over the next eight years and could damage services, Edinburgh University researchers claim.
Mature students who receive Income Support may have to drop their courses under government proposals to cut Child Benefit payments and force lone parents back to work, Public Finance has learnt.
Children sent to pupil referral units often face a limited educational curriculum and little chance of being reintegrated back into mainstream schools, Ofsted has found.
Twenty-five finalists have been selected by the judges of the Public Servants of the Year Awards to go forward to the high-profile ceremony in London next month.
The Scottish government wants to increase the pace of change in the public sector but there will be no reorganisation of local authorities, Finance Minister John Swinney said this week.
Public sector employees will need to accept changes in their jobs and responsibilities as part of plans to share services, Scottish finance and management officers have been told.
Modern and personalised social care services will not emerge unless councils offer innovative businesses a secure return on their investment, a report from the Commission for Social Care Inspection...
The gender pay gap for local government managers increased significantly last year, despite long-standing legislation designed to tackle the scourge of low wages for millions of women, figures have...
Prime Minister Gordon Brown this week launched an ambitious plan to improve health services across developing countries by making better use of international aid but he committed no extra UK...
