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8 Jun 00
In a move designed to boost public confidence in figures published by the government, an independent Statistics Commission, appointed by Chancellor Gordon Brown, has been set up to scrutinise the...
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8 Jun 00
Tameside local education authority this week received a yellow card from schools' inspectorate Ofsted and was told to put its house in order or face further action.
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8 Jun 00
Controversial plans to boost funding for conservation work in the Lake District including finding sponsors for mountain ranges such as the Helvellyn massif and lakes such as Windermere were...
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8 Jun 00
Embattled National Health Service managers faced another dose of bitter medicine this week as they were accused of being their own worst enemies when it comes to change.
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8 Jun 00
The NHS could sell off its £900m of surplus land and assets in one huge deal following the recommendations of an influential government panel.
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8 Jun 00
The Gaming Board, the regulatory body for casinos, bingo clubs, gaming machine suppliers and local lotteries, needs to raise its game and show results, according to the National Audit Office.
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8 Jun 00
Members of a Scottish Parliament committee have criticised Chancellor Gordon Brown for turning down an invitation to give evidence on European Union structural funds.
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8 Jun 00
Teenagers may be offered travel, shopping and restaurant discounts in a bid to encourage them to stay in education after the age of 16.
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8 Jun 00
Two reports on the British military operation in Kosovo have found that troops had to contend with excessive workloads, insecure communications equipment and substandard accommodation.
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8 Jun 00
Plans to eliminate a £1.5m deficit at a Northern Irish NHS trust have been rejected by its local health board, which is unhappy with proposed cuts in services.
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8 Jun 00
Local authorities in northern England are counting the cost of massive clean-up operations following serious flooding last weekend. The bill may come to as much as £15m, according to some estimates.
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1 Jun 00
Worcestershire Health Authority has slammed an independent report into its Private Finance Initiative hospital project as 'breathtakingly inaccurate'.
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1 Jun 00
A new policing co-operation agreement signed by Britain and its European Union partners will open the way for British police to operate abroad.
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1 Jun 00
The Department of Health is planning to include private health providers in contingency plans to avoid a repeat of last winter's hospital beds crisis.
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1 Jun 00
Chief inspector of schools Chris Woodhead has dismissed calls from a teachers' union leader for an end to the 'Spanish Inquisition' of schools' inspections.
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1 Jun 00
The Inland Revenue wants to appoint a marketing director to spearhead the department's diversity and equality action plan.
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1 Jun 00
Local authorities have reacted angrily to yet another attempt to sideline them in favour of more centralised control, this time over care of the elderly and the disabled.
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1 Jun 00
A government advisory body has published new guidance for local councils on Private Finance Initiative contracts.
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1 Jun 00
Scottish finance minister Jack McConnell this week rejected claims by the Scottish National Party that Scotland is losing out on millions of pounds because of the way European Union structural funds...
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1 Jun 00
Labour think-tank the Fabian Society has called for pilot studies of compulsory voting to be carried out in local elections.
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1 Jun 00
Asylum seekers must be offered more than just a roof over their heads in the provinces if the government's new dispersal policy is to prove successful, according to an Audit Commission report,...
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25 May 00
The Local Government Association commission examining the school year has heard that redistributing holidays more evenly and having an increased number of shorter terms could cut absence levels among...
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25 May 00
The Department of Health will for the first time draw up statutory guidance for council social services departments on charging for home care services, health minister John Hutton revealed this week.
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25 May 00
Lack of autonomy in the classroom and increasing bureaucracy are contributing to soaring stress levels among teachers, with record numbers wanting to leave the profession, according to a report from...
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25 May 00
Government promises to create a simpler funding system for further education are being treated with scepticism by college finance directors.
8 Jun 00In a move designed to boost public confidence in figures published by the government, an independent Statistics Commission, appointed by Chancellor Gordon Brown, has been set up to scrutinise the...
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