Thirty-nine finalists have been selected by the judges of the Public Servants of the Year Awards to go forward to the high-profile ceremony in London in May.
A leading local authority has been told it cannot advertise employment training courses for deprived ethnic minority groups at Jobcentre Plus offices following a dispute over the Race Relations Act.
Town halls will need more money if they are to help the government achieve their ambitious carbon emission targets, local government leaders warned this week.
The government came under pressure this week to crack down on UK's companies' tacit support of corruption and money-laundering in poor African countries.
Local authorities could start issuing more capital bonds as an alternative to central government borrowing or the Private Finance Initiative, according to credit rating agency Standard & Poor's.
Scottish backbench councillors are to be paid a basic salary of £15,452 a year but leaders will receive less than that recommended by an independent committee.
Housing associations are continuing to receive the lion's share of government money for new homes in spite of fresh competition from private developers.
Local government reforms are threatened by a 'demographic deficit' unless fresh talent is attracted into the sector, an influential think-tank is warning.
Under the UK's presidency of the European Union, the commission made good progress on tightening up its financial controls, auditor general Sir John Bourn said this week.
The local government pensions dispute remains in deadlock, despite emergency talks convened by the government this week following a one-day strike that disrupted council services across the UK.
Schools and dental services are to be the prime beneficiaries of the extra £45m granted to the Welsh Assembly government in Chancellor Gordon Brown's budget.
Government should increase spending on social care for older people by more than 50%, the long-awaited Wanless review of the future of care funding has recommended.
The Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 must prioritise anti-child poverty investment if ministers are to hit their targets on the issue, a new report claims.
NHS organisations in England were promised fewer inspections and less bureaucracy this week as more regulators signed up to an initiative designed to reduce red tape.
The Commons Public Accounts Committee has criticised the £5.2m Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain project in Hyde Park, saying poor management has led to spiralling costs.
Chancellor Gordon Brown this week injected further momentum into the government's devolution agenda but the tone emerging from Number 11 points towards a regionalist approach at the expense of...
Regulation provided by the watchdog Postcomm has helped to improve the delivery of Royal Mail services, auditors have reported, but some targets go unmet, despite the threat of competition to the...
As education leaders rushed to praise a Budget that promised huge increases in education spending, it emerged that the Treasury's familiar sleight of hand was in evidence.
