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.
Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett this week pledged that the government would play its part in helping to transform the nation's lifestyle habits into more environmentally friendly ones.
The local government reform programme could be stymied by ministers' decision to publish a white paper that does not tackle the 'core issue' of finance, the former minister in charge has warned.
A Scottish council and its partners are seeking a power that could pave the way for a legally backed authority to co-ordinate services, including those administered by other public agencies.
Ministers have admitted that housing associations were given out-of-date information when they calculated efficiency gains as part of the Gershon review.
Nurses and pharmacists have hailed the dawn of a new era after the Department of Health confirmed they would be allowed to prescribe a wider range of drugs.
Revenue & Customs officials have won an important legal battle that ensures British banks must hand over details about offshore customers to tax collectors.
The government has said that reform of the tax credits system will reduce overpayments after the Commons Public Accounts Committee revealed that £1.1bn in mistaken payouts might never be recovered.
Two departments involved in a tax credits fraud came under fire this week after civil servants claimed that Whitehall managers should not have kept some personal details stolen by criminals.
Pressure was increasing on Home Secretary Charles Clarke as more details emerged of the 1,023 foreign criminals who were released without being considered for deportation.
The current system for funding long-term care is 'inequitable, incoherent and financially unstable', a three-year research project by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has concluded.
