Housing minister Yvette Cooper has dismissed peers' criticism of her incoming Home Improvement Packs as representing vested interests and failing to understand the environmental benefits of property...
Cabinet Office ministers have backed down from their hardline stance and will recommence pay discussions with Whitehall's striking civil servants, Public Finance has learnt.
Chancellor Gordon Brown's much-criticised decision to re-date the economic cycle means that he is likely to meet his 'golden rule', according to official figures published this week.
Members of the incoming personal accounts savings scheme should be able to tell fund managers how their shareholder voting rights must be exercised, consultants have said.
England's local authorities lack the expertise to implement crucial government reforms, cannot retain high-quality staff and do not reward employees according to their ability to perform their jobs,...
The chair of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights has rejected claims that the planned new body has been 'downsized' with a budget less than half the size experts said it needed.
Labour's battle to retain power at Holyrood and prevent a Scottish National Party victory received a much-needed boost this week when leading personalities, including top business figures, declared...
A leading builder has pulled out of the Housing Corporation's development programme after its plans to set up a joint venture company ran into a tax hurdle.
Opposition to Prime Minister Tony Blair's welfare reforms intensified this week when civil servants joined political opponents including Chancellor Gordon Brown in condemning key proposals.
Welsh Labour leaders have denied that they are examining options for coalition government if they fail to retain control of the Welsh Assembly after the May 3 elections.
Councils have called on Audit Scotland to change the way it conducts its Best Value audit process, the system that places a duty on local authorities to make continuous improvements in their...
Swathes of public sector staff could be on a collision course with the government after a union leader said the Trades Union Congress is in 'serious discussions' over co-ordinated industrial action...
Schools in deprived areas are not getting the extra money they need, London Councils has said in a report designed to influence the government's consultation on education funding.
The Labour Party in Wales, which fears losing control of the Welsh Assembly in the May 3 elections, accused its rivals of not presenting coherent proposals for new laws.
Control of crucial UK fiscal policies including oversight of the current government's 'golden rule' should be handed over to an independent body, leading economists have urged.
Auditor general Sir John Bourn has welcomed improvements in the financial management of the European Union, although for the twelfth year in a row auditors refused to give the EU accounts full...
