An influential committee of MPs has demanded that the government amend the controversial Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill, in order to provide safeguards against the 'misuse' of the powers it...
The Department of Health faces pressure to open up its procurement arrangements following concerns that its £4.6bn programme for private treatment centres does not offer good value for money.
CIPFA has urged the UK's Department for International Development to promote a new international reporting standard to minimise the multiple reporting burdens placed on poor countries.
The sponsor of three of the government's flagship academies has hit back at suggestions that wealthy individuals could make more of a difference to children's lives by channelling their money into...
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.
Ministers should explore new ways of using individuals' assets, such as housing and other inheritances, to help fund future welfare reforms, a leading think-tank has claimed.
NHS organisations reporting deficits in their final accounts for 2005/06 will be penalised by a sum equivalent to 110% of their overspend, Public Finance has learnt.
The government has given the NHS and social care services five years to stamp out a pervasive negative culture of attitudes to older people which often results in poor quality care and neglect. But...
A US study into the educational attainment of mothers and their children could have 'important implications' for UK schools policy, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
The environment dominated the local elections campaign this week as the political parties vied to demonstrate their green credentials in the run-up to polling day on May 4.
Smaller landlords have again emerged as the most cost effective in the Housing Corporation's latest tables comparing the financial performance of housing associations.
Ministers, local government employers and trade unions are set to launch a ground-breaking project with the aim of involving public sector staff in the government's reform programme.
