Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott urged Labour councillors to unite behind the party and 'stop talking and scribbling' in the run-up to the general and county council elections.
Electronic Data Systems, one of Whitehall's largest IT contractors, has eased fears about its financial health by reporting a profit but the government has revealed it has investigated the company'...
A ground-breaking Private Finance Initiative scheme that could lead to a significant increase in social housing in north London has been drawn up by six local authorities.
The government's 'utopian dislike of prison' has resulted in a reliance on community punishments even though they are less effective, according to a centre-Right think-tank.
Emergency funding introduced two years ago following the surprise abolition of local authority social housing grant has failed to provide as many homes as forecast.
Performance indicators to help local authorities improve procurement practices and meet their Gershon savings targets have been published by the Improvement and Development Agency.
The National Audit Office is considering launching an inquiry into the funding of GP out-of-hours care after it was claimed that cuts were compromising the quality of the service.
Nightmare neighbours who hold communities to ransom with threatening and intimidating behaviour are to be offered a last chance to change their ways before being evicted from their homes.
Pay parity in the health service was thrown into the spotlight this week with chief executives' salaries breaching the £200,000 mark for the first time as Unison entered final negotiations on a...
Many schools that have elected to specialise in a particular subject are not performing well in their area of expertise, education watchdog Ofsted said this week.
Refinancing the first Private Finance Initiative hospital has introduced new liabilities and private sector profits have soared as a result, the National Audit Office said this week.
The head of the Ministry of Defence's new Private Finance Unit will have a veto over future projects as part of his remit to improve the department's lamentable procurement record, officials have...
The Public Accounts Committee criticised the Home Office this week for allowing an 'unhealthy' backlog of asylum applications to build up, as Labour and Conservatives launched a pre-election war of...
Finding a blueprint to tackle Britain's looming pensions crisis is one of the major challenges Work and Pensions Secretary Alan Johnson has set himself, he told Public Finance this week.