Private and voluntary bodies could deliver almost a fifth of all public services by 2007, boosted by massive outsourcing plans across the defence, education and health sectors.
Improvements in high-profile NHS treatment areas such as cancer and heart disease are masking patient satisfaction problems elsewhere, according to patient research specialist the Picker Institute.
Scotland Yard detectives are investigating an allegation of serious fraud at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister believed to involve almost £1m, the Metropolitan Police has confirmed.
The system of local authority capital finance in England is not working, despite improvements since the introduction of the Prudential Code, a new study claims.
Debbie Coulter, the current deputy general secretary of the GMB, is likely to succeed Kevin Curran, who stood down as leader of the general union last week.
Local government procurement is being hobbled by 'naivety and lack of honesty' on the part of both purchasing authorities and private contractors, the Society of IT Management has warned.
The government's largest department this week announced it would axe an entire management grade under plans to transform the way it provides pension services.
The drive to slash public sector waste will not save enough to fund spending increases in the long term, the architect of the one of the government's major efficiency programmes has warned.
Local government pensions are in a mess. A £30bn shortfall in retirement assets across town halls in England and Wales, revealed in a CIPFA study last week, is bad news enough.
Efforts to boost the UK's skills base will be undermined unless the government removes an anomaly that requires part-time students to pay their tuition fees up front, universities are warning.
In the run-up to the general election on May 5, the Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed that it is already investigating 39 separate cases of possible election fraud.
Ministry of Defence outsourcing came under fire again this week when it emerged that three private consortiums had been shortlisted for £18bn in staff training contracts, while in-house bids were...
Business leaders have 'no faith' in the government's efficiency programme or in its ability to deliver promises on reforms to public services, the CBI has warned.