Pathfinder programmes set up to boost demand for housing in the North and Midlands have struggled to spend money on worthwhile projects, says the Audit Commission.
Edinburgh has sounded the death knell for city congestion charging schemes outside London by voting three-to-one against the council's proposed two-zone scheme.
The way public services are contracted and delivered could be transformed if an innovative funding model is rolled out across the country, charities minister Fiona Mactaggart said this week.
The government is making significant progress in meeting its targets on reducing homelessness, according to National Audit Office figures published this week.
Ministers should relinquish their 'final say' powers over appointments to key public bodies to restore diminishing trust in the process, an influential committee has warned.
Many schools that have elected to specialise in a particular subject are not performing well in their area of expertise, education watchdog Ofsted said this week.
An independent report into the escalating cost of Britain's exam system published this week has spotlighted what it claims is a 'huge amount of superfluous or duplicated information'.