The Scottish Executive has warned that it will take action against councils that fail to pass on cash allocated for the employment of extra support staff in schools to tackle bullying and antisocial...
Two of the main teaching unions are locked in a head-to-head battle over the role of the General Teaching Council after its chair, Judy Moorhouse, was re-elected unopposed this week.
The local government landscape is expected to take on a bluer hue on May 5 as the Conservatives aim to capture more councils from Labour in the forgotten election.
The government's top adviser on the Private Finance Initiative has rejected demands by private contractors that they should be compensated for the costs incurred on unsuccessful bids for contracts.
The Department of Health is to try to broker a deal in a long-running row over private firms' refusal to offer Agenda for Change to their staff working in the NHS, Public Finance has learned.
The government's higher education targets are misguided and not benefiting the most disadvantaged youngsters, according to a leading educational charity.
Councils have to play a central part in the next government's delivery agenda but need to prove that they are up to the challenge, the chair of the Local Government Association said this week.
David Anderson, the chief executive of Jobcentre Plus, has quit to take up a senior post in the private sector after less than two years at the Department for Work and Pensions.
Finance Minister Tom McCabe has called for a reduction in the number of council chief executives and finance directors in Scotland as part of his plans to reform public services.
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.
Returning officers are calling for television advertisements to be aired in the run-up to the general election to show people how to use their postal votes.
