Social landlords must be willing to borrow substantially more from private lenders so that twice as many homes for rent can be built each year, the Housing Corporation warned this week.
More than a third of Scotland's councillors are to stand down at the May elections after being offered a 'golden goodbye' deal of up to £20,000, at an estimated total cost of more than £7m.
Bottled water will continue to be served in the House of Commons despite calls for it to be replaced with more economical and environmentally friendly tap water.
The government has changed the system for allocating Private Finance Initiative credits for council waste services, but campaigners say this will do little to improve environmental sustainability.
Local authorities need to make more of their successes, town hall leaders urged last week, after research showed that public satisfaction with council performance is diminishing.
Council and housing association tenants should be encouraged to buy as little as 10% of their homes as a first step towards full ownership, social landlords were told this week.
The Commission for Racial Equality's decision to investigate the Department of Health has prompted calls for new mental health legislation to be amended to promote racial equality.
Scots council tax bills are to rise by less than the rate of inflation. A number of factors, including a generous funding settlement and fears of the impact at the ballot box, have all played a role
Whitehall's largest trade union is threatening to hijack the local elections in May by exposing candidates supporting the government's controversial civil service reform agenda.
Local authority pension funds have called on Britain's listed firms to improve their auditing practices, threatening to use shareholder voting rights to force the disclosure of information.
Public sector pension funds have launched a campaign against inflation-busting bonuses for executives at US and multinational companies, using their substantial assets as leverage.
The beleaguered Home Office this week introduced the first ever Whitehall 'contract' clarifying the specific roles and responsibilities of ministers and civil servants, Public Finance has learnt.
Councils are not securing appropriate or cost-effective education for children with special educational needs, the local government watchdog warned this week.
The NHS must recruit many more consultant obstetricians and thousands of midwives to ensure a major shake-up in maternity services delivers better patient care, experts said this week.
Anti-nuclear campaigners this week accused Defence Secretary Des Browne of 'evasiveness' over the cost of the proposed Trident weapons replacement system.
Public Accounts Committee chair Edward Leigh has reacted angrily to National Audit Office findings that 'efficiency gains' reported under the Gershon agenda are still not being robustly measured by...
Government health watchdogs have criticised the 'disgraceful' lack of co-ordinated effort in reducing the number of children who have to be taken to hospital following preventable injury.