A parliamentary committee has been urged to hold an inquiry into a £160m Private Finance Initiative project for two Glasgow hospitals that was awarded to the 'preferred bidder' in the absence of any...
Birmingham City Council has this week confirmed that it will offer emergency loans to uninsured residents whose properties were damaged by the tornado that tore through the city on July 28.
The government is on track to achieve its 2008 waiting time target but it must do more to ensure poorer people get access to care, the King's Fund said this week.
Two-thirds of local authorities have had their plans to meet the decent homes target approved by ministers but almost 10% missed this week's cut-off date for submitting firm proposals.
Civil servants this week urged the Cabinet Office to take swift action to correct problems with senior salaries that have distorted pay settlements for lower grade staff.
Social care services might soon be opened to regulatory competition from across the European Union, if the Department of Trade and Industry gets its way, Public Finance has learnt.
NHS managers will not know what hit them. Despite government assurances that there would be no significant reorganisation following the general election,
Prince Charles and the Queen should submit their annual accounts to the National Audit Office for proper scrutiny, senior backbench MPs have said this week.
The number of staff employed by the Scottish Executive has increased by 32% since the devolved Parliament was set up in 1999, latest figures have disclosed.
The Office of Government Commerce's trading arm this week reported that it had made efficiency savings worth £321m on £2bn worth of procurement deals during 2004/05.
The Scottish Parliament's health committee is to conduct an inquiry into the Executive's flagship legislation which provides free personal care for the elderly.
The Child Support Agency's backlog of unresolved cases has continued to grow despite all the efforts to cut it, benefits minister James Plaskitt has revealed.
The CBI is warning the government that 'short termism' in its procurement practices is preventing external service providers from bidding for contracts and undermining provision, Public Finance has...
The Department of Health has abandoned plans to publish a white paper on adult social care, opting instead to incorporate it into broader proposals on integrated health and social care services...
Sir Andrew Turnbull this week delivered his final speech as Cabinet secretary, calling for further Whitehall reforms and attacking critics who questioned civil service values under his stewardship.
The Audit Commission has published its first Comprehensive Performance Assessments of fire authorities and judged just under half of them to be high performers.
Carol Gilby, who was suspended as chief executive of North East Derbyshire District Council after falling out with the political leadership, is to return to her job after being exonerated by an...
People who assault fire officers in the course of their work could be imprisoned for up to two years under the provisions of a draft order published in Northern Ireland.
