Northern Ireland is to adopt either a full or partial ban on smoking in public places, Health Minister Shaun Woodward has announced, in a speech in which he branded much of the
Unison has called on the government to develop guidelines on safe staffing levels in hospital wards after a survey revealed that nurses head the public sector league for sick days.
One of the few contractors to show interest in the Private Finance Initiative in housing has blamed the government and local authorities for its limited success.
Any attempt to soften the blow of road pricing by cutting taxes risks overturning the government's efforts to comply with the Kyoto protocol, a leading transport expert has warned
Small and medium-sized businesses are winning an increasing share of the lucrative public sector IT market as a result of government efforts to encourage a wider range of suppliers, new research has...
Pension reform returned to the top of the political agenda this week, but the government and public sector trade unions remained on a collision course over the issue.
Cabinet Secretary Sir Andrew Turnbull this week outlined Whitehall's latest campaign to improve civil service performance, relaunching a national academy that will train mandarins in the art of...
All NHS bodies have been challenged to reassess their financial management arrangements after government auditors this week criticised slipping standards.
The Scottish Executive has approved a buyout deal that will end a controversial £9.6m Private Finance Initiative contract to run an airport terminal in the Highlands.
The NHS has improved markedly over the past few years, but more attention needs to be paid to public health problems such as obesity, sexually transmitted diseases and especially mental health,...
Opposition defence secretary Michael Ancram has accused ministers of sending the country's armed forces into combat with 'one arm tied behind their back', after a National Audit Office report...
Local authorities must substantially improve their financial management arrangements in the 'brave new world' of reformed public services, James Strachan told the CIPFA annual conference in...
Prime Minister Tony Blair this week confirmed Sir Gus O'Donnell as the new Cabinet secretary, ending speculation that the job would be offered to a surprise candidate.
Housing associations and private developers will have to build eco-friendly homes to receive a share of more than £3.3bn in grants over the next two years.
Safeguards to protect NHS patients in Scotland are 'more robust and coherent' than at any time in the history of the service, a public sector watchdog has concluded.
Scotland's efficiency savings could have been £239m higher if the Executive had applied the equivalent targets set for Whitehall, Professor Arthur Midwinter, the Scottish Parliament's finance adviser...
Government buildings within the Stormont estate in Belfast might be sold off as part of a programme to rationalise civil service accommodation, Northern Ireland's Department of Finance and Personnel...
