Ministers expect to save £7bn from the overhaul of welfare systems announced this week cash that they believe could be reinvested directly back into services.
The Cornwall Partnership NHS trust has been placed under 'special measures' following a watchdog report revealing 'many years of abusive practices' of adults with learning disabilities.
Proposals to close community hospitals might be delayed after Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt told primary care trusts to adopt new methods of public consultation.
The tangle of performance indicators and reporting requirements that are throttling local government will be swept away following a wide-ranging review being set up to slash red tape in the sector,...
Older people are being 'deprived of the care they deserve' because of the worsening £600m shortfall between what councils have available to fund care services and the minimum they need to spend, the...
Families with disabled children, professional carers and MPs have joined forces to influence the Treasury's policy review on children and young people.
Local government workers should share the risks faced by their pension funds and be subject to possible contribution rate increases or benefit decreases every six to nine years, the government and...
A property company that manages homes for local authorities has become the first private firm to apply to the Housing Corporation to be an accredited landlord.
The Scottish Executive and other public sector bodies failed to spend £235m of their budgeted expenditure last year, according to figures released this week.
The government's impending Welfare Reform Bill will be scrutinised by disability rights experts to assess its impact on child poverty targets, a leading practitioner revealed this week.
University Hospital Birmingham Foundation Trust might be punished after allegations emerged that it had committed to spend more than £100m on construction before it was authorised by the Treasury.
The Department of Health will hold a summit next week with the leaders of frontline NHS staff in an attempt to win back clinicians' support for its reform programme.
The Child Support Agency is still blighted by poor performance despite a £1bn package designed to stabilise it while its future is decided, auditors have reported.
Freedom of information legislation is proving useful and effective but more needs to be done to tackle delays in handling requests, senior backbench MPs said this week.
Northern Ireland Health Minister Paul Goggins has promised to dramatically reduce bed-blocking, which at present accounts for the use of 200 to 300 beds per day in the province's hospitals.
