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28 Jun 01
Ulster Unionist MP Jeffrey Donaldson has claimed that unionists will lose out to nationalists as a result of proposals from the Hayes Review of health and social services in Northern Ireland.
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28 Jun 01
The controversy over the future of public services continued to rage this week with warnings that Tony Blair's plans for widespread private sector involvement to drive up standards could become '...
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28 Jun 01
Councils at the vanguard of on-line service delivery have blamed the private sector's unwillingness to form close partnerships and their own uncertainties over procurement for the hesitant...
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28 Jun 01
Local authorities must raise the profile of procurement and increase the strategic role of elected members, according to a new report.
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28 Jun 01
Bob Black, Scotland's auditor general, has hit out at the financial accountability of the country's further education colleges in an audit review of Moray College.
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28 Jun 01
Ministers took a hard line on spending this week, warning that improved funding levels for departments would be matched by tougher government targets.
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28 Jun 01
London Mayor Ken Livingstone has warned that the capital's social and public infrastructure is falling apart because of a lack of investment by central government.
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28 Jun 01
Twenty-seven councils have been given the green light to sell off swathes of their housing stock as the government renewed its commitment last week to the large-scale transfer of council housing to...
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28 Jun 01
The NHS is showing increasing signs of being unable to cope with the growing demand for health care.
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28 Jun 01
Nursing-home owners in Devon are having a crisis meeting with the new leaders of the county council in a last-ditch attempt to solve their bitter dispute over fees.
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28 Jun 01
Sir Andrew Foster will take over as head of the Best Value Inspectorate after Wendy Thomson was poached by 10 Downing Street to head up a new team advising Tony Blair on public service reform.
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21 Jun 01
The first female lord provost of Dundee has been sacked following a row over the claiming back of money used for charitable donations.
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21 Jun 01
The royal household has slashed the amount it spends on travel by two-thirds since it began making its own arrangements, the National Audit Office has revealed.
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21 Jun 01
Rabbi Julia Neuberger, chief executive of the health think-tank, said at the CIPFA conference on June 14 that more money for public services was needed, but that the government should also address...
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21 Jun 01
Dumfries and Galloway Council is considering the closure of as many as a third of the region's primary schools as part of a sweeping overhaul of education provision.
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21 Jun 01
Combating racism in the medical profession should be a key performance indicator for NHS trusts, and chief executives should be held responsible if they fail, the King's Fund said this week.
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21 Jun 01
A new rail safety authority to replace the overstretched and understaffed railway inspectorate is likely to emerge from the soul-searching following the Paddington rail disaster.
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21 Jun 01
Health care unions have welcomed government plans to issue 'two strikes and you're out' warnings to violent and abusive patients.
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21 Jun 01
Local authorities should be given the freedom to use US-style bonds to finance capital investment, a report has urged.
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21 Jun 01
Tough decisions will have to be made and substantial sums of taxpayers' money will be needed if the UK is to have a 'bigger, better, safer railway', according to the Strategic Rail Authority.
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21 Jun 01
Brighton's refuse collectors could take over the multi-million pound contract to clean the city's streets following the removal of private sector waste firm Sita.
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21 Jun 01
Local Government Secretary Stephen Byers has signalled the roll-out of local Public Service Agreements to all top-tier authorities by announcing £300m of unsupported credit approvals (UCAs) for...
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21 Jun 01
Deprived communities in Wales are to benefit from an £83m regeneration programme aimed at tackling social disadvantage, Edwina Hart, Assembly Minister for Finance, Local Government and Communities...
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21 Jun 01
The government intends to give the private sector fixed-term contracts to manage schools and more 'sponsorship opportunities' under a legislative programme designed to place more pressure on public...
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14 Jun 01
The government will have a tough time delivering quality public services if it does not raise taxes or increase spending, a leading academic has warned.
28 Jun 01Ulster Unionist MP Jeffrey Donaldson has claimed that unionists will lose out to nationalists as a result of proposals from the Hayes Review of health and social services in Northern Ireland.
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