The Local Government Association has been warned that it urgently needs to do more to win back the affection of its grassroots members or risks alienating them further.
NHS primary care trusts have hit back at local authorities, claiming that they too are the victims of 'cost-shunting' as social care cuts have increased demand for NHS services.
Ministers backed away from punishing breaches of the cap on council tax rises this year because they did not believe that increases above 5% were excessive.
The number of jobs expected to be lost in Northern Ireland's health trusts has doubled, the Department for Health, Social Services and Public Safety has told staff.
An influential Scottish Parliament committee has criticised the standard of information given by ministers on the financial consequences of legislation.
Northern Ireland council workers take on average more than three days extra sickness absence per year than their equivalents in England and Wales, a report from the Northern Ireland Audit Office has...
Whitehall's largest trade union this week intensified its battle against the government's civil service reform agenda by asking hundreds of local councillors for their views on the controversial...
The Home Office's rehabilitation policies came under fire again this week, after inspectors denounced a flagship training prison as poorly managed and unreformed.
Housing associations are continuing to increase the amount of money they borrow from private lenders, according to the Housing Corporation's annual review of private finance.
A leading public finance expert has criticised the Scottish National Party's plans for a local income tax, claiming they are based on shaky financial assumptions that would create a significant...
Campaigners have reacted angrily to news that the number of children living in relative poverty has risen in spite of the government's pledge to halve the total by 2010.
Doctors continued to vent their anger at the government this week as relations between ministers and the British Medical Association deteriorated further.
The social services inspectorate has listed 21 systematic failures to protect the most vulnerable children and warned that these might 'get lost' as responsibility for inspection is passed to Ofsted.
The Consumer Council for Water has said it has 'serious concerns' about a £2bn construction project to overhaul London's Victorian water and sewage system, which was approved by the government last...
