The public probity watchdog will continue to push for changes in the way allegations of ministerial misdemeanours are investigated, it emerged this week.
Councils and Whitehall departments alike should consider adopting more creative alternatives to public infrastructure projects, according to a report from consultancy Deloitte.
Treasury officials will shortly report to Chancellor Gordon Brown on the financial implications of devolving new powers to city-regions, as the local government reform agenda took another firm step...
Unison has requested a judicial review of the government's proposed amendments to the Local Government Pension Scheme, saying its figures and reasoning are 'flawed' and 'absurd'.
Two former permanent secretaries have told a committee of MPs that a weak Parliament is allowing a dominant government to pass legislation without proper scrutiny.
Sir Nigel Crisp's resignation as permanent secretary at the Department of Health followed a breakdown in relations between ministers and senior civil servants, documents obtained by Public Finance...
The government narrowly failed to meet its ambitious target to reduce child poverty by a quarter by 2005, but senior sources are confident that the Department for Work and Pensions will achieve its...
Patients have failed to benefit from a new contract for consultants which has cost the NHS in Scotland an extra £235m over three years, Audit Scotland has found.
Plans by local authorities to meet the 2010 decent homes target are being frustrated by delays in setting up stock transfers and arm's-length management organisations.
Productivity in the NHS is at best stagnant, despite the record sums of money invested in the health service by the government, figures from the Office for National Statistics show.
The Queen and the Prince of Wales led more than 500 guests at the opening of the £67m new home of the Welsh Assembly in Cardiff on March 1 St David's Day.
The Local Government Association and unions have failed to reach an agreement over the benefit protection of existing members of the local government pension scheme, bringing the likelihood of strike...
Ministers have secured sufficient support to see the education Bill over its first parliamentary hurdle but further battles are likely, education experts predict.
Serious failings in the management and control of a public sector joint venture, which led to substantial financial losses, have been revealed in a report from the auditor general for Northern...
David Rowland, the permanent secretary at the Department for Transport, has been asked by the Treasury to co-ordinate Whitehall's latest attempt at a multi-billion pound savings drive through shared...
The Department of Trade and Industry's Women and Work Commission has urged the government to consider seriously allowing class actions in equal pay cases.
Town hall leaders have hit back at ministerial criticisms that they are not making full use of new powers to crack down on environmental crimes such as littering and dog fouling.
