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.
Conservative efficiency plans are robust and the full financial burdens of scrapping 168 quangos and laying off 235,000 staff have been built into the party's £35bn savings target, according to...
Doctors have warned that limits must be set on the health service's use of the private sector, putting them in direct opposition to both Labour and the Conservatives.
Almost 150 councillors, tenants and trade unionists lobbied Parliament this week, claiming local authorities must be granted a fourth option for meeting the decent homes standard.
A major report into the financial health of the NHS by two senior government watchdogs might be held back until after the general election, it emerged this week.
The three accountancy bodies involved in merger discussions have proposed a two-stage integration process following their council meetings in February.
Red tape could derail government plans to send disaffected young people out into the workplace to acquire new skills and motivation, business leaders have warned.
A revised set of Best Value Performance Indicators for 2005/06, which deletes 14 measures and introduces ten new ones, has been agreed by local authorities and ministers.
Local authorities are losing millions of pounds in council tax revenue each year because of inadequate collection systems, according to a study by the GMB trade union.
A new code of practice will require local authorities to minimise tender costs for contract bidders and settle invoices promptly so small local firms can compete for their business.
Housing associations must fight off further bureaucracy while continuing to influence policymaking, according to the new chief executive of the National Housing Federation.
The chair of the Public Accounts Committee will ask the National Audit Office to investigate how government departments manage their annual budgets, after it emerged that 20 out of 24 have overspent...
Schools and colleges are not doing enough to ensure that they purchase everything from photocopiers to supply teachers cost-effectively, according to the man heading education's procurement...
The public believes that the government manipulates official statistics, according to a report from the Office for National Statistics, published on February 28.
Despite the government's insistence that all public sector organisations should introduce regional wage variations, 'very little concrete action has been taken', a new report on pay indicates.
The Scottish Executive has published its first infrastructure investment plan, setting out a long-term, multibillion-pound scheme for improving Scotland's public services.
Scottish patients have the UK's shortest waiting times for the diagnosis and treatment of coronary heart disease, according to the latest government statistics.
