The government will 'intensify' cross-departmental work to ensure that health and welfare improvements among social groups with life expectancies close to the future state pension age are prioritised...
Some of the government's main health service reforms have contributed to NHS deficits and should be shelved, according to the head of the UK's 32,000 senior hospital doctors.
NHS foundation trusts are set for confrontations with primary care trusts after it was revealed they were owed up to £28m in payments for patient care.
The Department for Communities and Local Government is considering a fundamental overhaul of local authority pensions potentially creating a new scheme with retirement payments linked to employees...
The university lecturers' pay dispute, which threatened to disrupt examinations for students across the country, has been settled after trade union leaders accepted the improved offer first tabled by...
The NHS overspent its budget by more than £500m in 2005/06 and now has an underlying historic net deficit of £1.1bn, according to Department of Health figures.
Councils will stand a better chance of securing a slice of business regeneration funding if they look at the lessons to emerge from earlier bids, researchers are warning.
Cabinet Office officials backed away from inflating savings targets for Whitehall's shared services programme because it was difficult to reflect improvements in services delivered, Public Finance...
Local Government Secretary Ruth Kelly this week delayed the sector's white paper until the autumn, allowing for a more radical assessment of plans to devolve powers to cities and town halls.
The Office for National Statistics faces a series of strikes by staff opposed to its relocation and job cut plans, after two civil service trade unions this week balloted members over industrial...
The government has pressed ahead with an extension to its flagship Patient Choice initiative, despite new evidence from the Department of Health that shows well-educated patients benefit most from...
Police figures are sceptical that Home Secretary John Reid's apparent willingness to slow down the controversial police merger programme will result in any significant change of plan.
Government and local authority interaction with communities after the London bombings last July was 'well-intentioned' but 'could have been better co-ordinated', the Home Office has been warned.
Scottish business leaders have given cautious backing to a proposal to hand a share of income tax, corporation tax and VAT directly to the Scottish Executive rather than to the Treasury in London.
The Treasury this week stood firm over its decision to administer tax credits from the Revenue and Customs department, despite claims that the system is 'in crisis' and should be moved to the...
Unions representing university academics have rejected a proposed 13.1% pay rise over three years, and warned that their exam-marking boycott might intensify into full-scale strike action.
Core Whitehall departments struggled to match the performance of other central government bodies in getting to grips with the Freedom of Information Act, according to recent figures.
Scotland's public sector watchdog has defended itself against claims by members of the Scottish Parliament that it might not be achieving best value following rising costs in its budget.
The Department for Education and Skills has pledged to review the new Dedicated Schools Grant following criticism from MPs and local authorities that it prevents funds being targeted at deprived...
