Gordon Brown heralded root-and-branch reforms to the regulation of public services as he used his Budget statement to announce plans to slash the number of inspectorates from 11 to four.
Lincolnshire has described being the first county council to be subject to government intervention as a 'wake-up call' in the latest twist in a saga of misconduct and feuds.
Millions of public service workers look certain to take part in the sector's largest strike for decades next week as the government comes under fire for its 'politically inept' handling of pension...
The record equal pay settlement at North Cumbria Acute NHS Trust is 'unlikely to be replicated elsewhere', employers have warned, despite Unison this week gearing up for the prospect of similar...
Sir Andrew Turnbull has admitted that the distinction made between back-office and frontline civil servants, one of the initial tenets of the government's £40bn efficiency agenda, 'was a mistake'.
Nine out of ten universities intend to charge tuition fees at the highest possible rate of £3,000 a year but they insist that poorer students will be supported with a generous package of bursaries.
A £500m reduction in benefit fraud by the Department for Work and Pensions has been wiped out by rising overpayments to claimants, the DWP's permanent secretary admitted to MPs this week.
University teachers and lecturers could be facing below-inflation salary increases following a settlement that increases core funding by just 1%, the higher education sector has warned.
Conservative efficiency plans are robust and the full financial burdens of scrapping 168 quangos and laying off 235,000 staff have been built into the party's £35bn savings target, according to...
Doctors have warned that limits must be set on the health service's use of the private sector, putting them in direct opposition to both Labour and the Conservatives.
Almost 150 councillors, tenants and trade unionists lobbied Parliament this week, claiming local authorities must be granted a fourth option for meeting the decent homes standard.
A major report into the financial health of the NHS by two senior government watchdogs might be held back until after the general election, it emerged this week.
Scotland's devolved administration has shown how it intends to keep right on to the end of the road and how much the journey is likely to cost Scottish taxpayers.
Private developers and other bodies that get the go-ahead to join a £200m social housing programme will automatically be permitted to compete with registered social landlords for larger grants later...