Work and Pensions Secretary John Hutton has said that wider access to low-cost savings plans must emerge from the consultation on Lord Turner's retirement proposals.
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.
Whitehall's largest department was this week accused of meeting its crucial job cuts target and efficiency savings by transferring staff to private sector partners who immediately make them redundant.
Much of Whitehall's reform agenda is incompatible with its current constitutional position a situation that could be solved by a Civil Service Act, according to the sector's former appointments...
Claims that the government could be about to perform a U-turn and allow councils to invest directly in run-down homes have been dismissed by housing minister Yvette Cooper.
City regions such as Birmingham and Greater Manchester should be given control of their own regeneration budgets and granted tax-raising powers, according to a report published by the Institute for...
Scotland's information commissioner, Kevin Dunion, has voiced concern over the failure of some public authorities to respond to requests under the Freedom of Information Act and called for an...
Public sector staff worked £9.1bn worth of unpaid overtime last year, with those taking on additional work providing the equivalent of an extra day each week, according to research published this...
NHS health boards in Scotland are to receive an above-inflation average funding increase of 7.25%, bringing their allocation to £6.5bn, Health Minister Andy Kerr announced this week.
Scottish council chief executives and senior officials face new laws to make them directly accountable for their decisions and to hold them responsible for poor advice.
The Housing Corporation has renewed its call for councils and housing associations to team up to tackle homelessness and to ensure smoother planning decisions.
Town halls are on course for average council tax increases of 4% well within the government's 5% capping threshold but still ahead of the rate of inflation.
First Minister Jack McConnell hinted at the prospect of a reorganisation of local government in Scotland as local authorities set council tax levels with an average rise of 3.3%.
Trades Union Congress general secretary Brendan Barber is urging the government to hold its nerve and introduce a state-run national pensions scheme, warning ministers that the financial services...
