New Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt is already under pressure from health service managers to maintain the record levels of NHS funding up to and beyond 2008.
Labour must make strenuous efforts during its third term in office to deliver a much better return on the extra billions of pounds being invested in public services, Local Government Association...
The coalition between Labour and the Liberal Democrats in Scotland might be in jeopardy following the surprise announcement by LibDem leader Jim Wallace, who is also deputy first minister, that he is...
Prime Minister Tony Blair is at odds with the Treasury over civil service pay reforms, but must quickly reach agreement to help combat gender inequalities, a leading Whitehall trade unionist has...
The Scottish Executive could have made extra savings of £400m if it had followed the Gershon formula for England and Wales, a leading member of an influential Holyrood committee claimed this week.
England's local government elections came and went with hardly a whimper, let alone a bang, but many previously hung councils have now taken on a particular political hue and in 23 it's blue
The largest teachers' union backed the controversial choice of Andrew Adonis as an education minister despite his appointment having upset several Labour MPs.
Proposals to move hundreds of civil service staff out of the Southeast to Wales contradict the government's efficiency agenda and its aim of protecting local economies, Whitehall's largest union has...
Council-owned housing companies are reviewing their contracts with their parent local authorities as part of a drive to achieve better value for money.
One of Scotland's biggest and most controversial Private Finance Initiative projects, the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, is embroiled in a row over £30m in extra payments demanded by the operating...
Continuing problems with data management at the Department for Work and Pensions have left hundreds of millions of pounds in vital benefits unpaid, a new report has revealed.
The British Medical Association this week called for a change in attitudes in medical education after it revealed that more than a third of medical students have been the victims of bullying.
Head teachers must end their war with the government over the 'workload agreement', the outgoing head of the National Association of Head Teachers warned this week.
The cost of employing agency nurses and other temporary staff has fallen for the first time in recent years, according to a leading independent health care analyst.
Public sector organisations are struggling to meet the demands of the Freedom of Information Act because the systems used to store and retrieve documents are inadequate, according to new research.
Scottish local authorities are fuming at First Minister Jack McConnell's hint that a report on the future of the council tax might be delayed until after the 2007 Holyrood elections.
Increased rights for the homeless in Scotland have led to a flood of applications, with one in every 100 Scots seeking accommodation, it was disclosed this week.
