The transfer of hospital services into the community moved a step further this week as the government told primary care trusts to develop local markets with a range of providers.
An all-too familiar debate was reignited this week as ministers unveiled the provisional local government grant settlement for 2007/08. Councils were quick to warn that they faced tough choices...
Scotland's traditional dependence on social rented housing is set to change dramatically over the next 14 years, the body representing the housing profession has predicted.
NHS budget cuts, tight eligibility criteria and foot-dragging on personalised services have created 'pockets of poor performance' in adult social care, England's inspectorate has found.
Local government faces fresh strike action in the New Year after the government announced pension scheme reforms deemed unacceptable by trade unions, Public Finance has been told.
Chancellor Gordon Brown is poised to announce cuts to the administrative budgets for all Whitehall departments in his Pre-Budget Report on December 6, Public Finance has been told.
Ed Balls, the economic secretary to the Treasury, has challenged other European countries to follow the UK's lead and set up robust accounting procedures for the spending of European Union funds.
A patient survey that will decide whether GP practices receive a bonus of up to £8,000 is biased and potentially pejorative, the British Medical Association said this week.
Personal advisers working for Jobcentre Plus spent only half their time interviewing clients because of the burden imposed by paperwork, government auditors have said.
What links climate change, transport, planning and health? Answer: they are some of the issues that Chancellor Gordon Brown has outsourced to expert, independent review.
A leading government contractor is planning the wholesale relocation of UK jobs to offshore centres possibly putting hundreds of public sector roles at risk, Public Finance has discovered.
The chief executive of the NHS in Wales has called for an end to deficits in the principality's health boards and trusts and challenged finance professionals to exert greater influence and leadership.
The chief executive of the NHS has admitted that the Department of Health did not keep a close enough eye on hospital spending as they rushed to meet targets by 'overshooting' required staffing...
The government cannot guarantee that sensitive patient data will be protected once it is e-mailed out of the UK, the director general of NHS IT has told Public Finance .
Decisions over the pay of senior police officers may be transferred to the body that sets salary levels for top civil servants and army officers, under proposals announced last week.
Greater user involvement in services offers the voluntary sector its best opportunity to become involved in public sector reform, according to the chief executive of the National Council for...
The modernisation of the West Coast Main Line was put back on track successfully, thanks to the involvement of the Strategic Rail Authority and Network Rail, government auditors said this week.
