Sir Andrew Turnbull has admitted that the distinction made between back-office and frontline civil servants, one of the initial tenets of the government's £40bn efficiency agenda, 'was a mistake'.
Nine out of ten universities intend to charge tuition fees at the highest possible rate of £3,000 a year but they insist that poorer students will be supported with a generous package of bursaries.
The 'Iron Chancellor' believes he answered the critics who questioned his management of the public finances, but experts have warned his Budget might not prevent post-election tax rises.
Unpublished research by the Conservative party has found that rural and smaller primary schools are resorting to 'drastic measures' to meet the national workload agreement, Tim Collins has told...
Gordon Brown heralded root-and-branch reforms to the regulation of public services as he used his Budget statement to announce plans to slash the number of inspectorates from 11 to four.
Lincolnshire has described being the first county council to be subject to government intervention as a 'wake-up call' in the latest twist in a saga of misconduct and feuds.
Millions of public service workers look certain to take part in the sector's largest strike for decades next week as the government comes under fire for its 'politically inept' handling of pension...
The record equal pay settlement at North Cumbria Acute NHS Trust is 'unlikely to be replicated elsewhere', employers have warned, despite Unison this week gearing up for the prospect of similar...
London local authorities have set average Band D council tax increases below the national 4% rise, although six councils are risking the wrath of government with increases at or above the 5%...
Ninety-eight percent of local authorities say they will meet the government target of offering all their services on-line by the end of this year, according to the latest assessment.
A £500m reduction in benefit fraud by the Department for Work and Pensions has been wiped out by rising overpayments to claimants, the DWP's permanent secretary admitted to MPs this week.
University teachers and lecturers could be facing below-inflation salary increases following a settlement that increases core funding by just 1%, the higher education sector has warned.
