Sweeping changes to the government's housing department have created the perfect opportunity to revive stalled building plans, a leading homeless charity has said.
Local authorities are struggling to provide appropriate housing for vulnerable adults because of cuts in the Supporting People grant, the Commission for Social Care Inspection has found.
MPs have called for an overhaul of civil service skills at the Ministry of Defence, warning that a failure to develop commercial awareness could undermine the government's Defence Industrial Strategy...
The new contract for senior hospital doctors has cost £90m more than expected and failed to deliver better services to patients, the King's Fund said this week.
The membership of the new management team that will lead the English NHS regions became clearer this week with the appointment of eight of the ten new strategic health authority chief executives.
A £2.15bn ground-breaking agreement has brought benefits to the teaching profession in Scotland, a public sector watchdog has found. But a lack of performance measures makes it difficult to assess...
Revenue & Customs officials have won an important legal battle that ensures British banks must hand over details about offshore customers to tax collectors.
New arrangements for out-of-hours GP services have been condemned as 'shambolic' following a watchdog report that found lengthy waiting times and a 22% cost overrun.
The Commons' Public Accounts Committee this week warned that taxpayers' money could still be called on to plug financial gaps in the construction of the prestigious Channel Tunnel Rail Link because...
Civil servants this week threatened to bring every Whitehall department to a standstill as opposition to the government's efficiency programme and job cuts intensified.
Spending on the national performing arts companies in Scotland is to be increased by more than 13% to a total of £22.5m for 2007/08, Culture Minister Patricia Ferguson announced this week.
We are delighted and proud that Unison, one of the largest trade unions in Europe, is again sponsoring the overall team award at the Public Servants of the Year Awards 2006.
Rising rates of middle-age obesity, diabetes and cancers are often portrayed as a huge drain on the NHS, but a study out this week shows that the 50-something English are healthier than their US...
Investors in Private Finance Initiative projects face only a 'relatively benign' risk of expensive construction overruns or payment penalties, credit rating agency Standard & Poor's has stated.
