-
25 Jan 01
Cemeteries, it appears, have become perilous places. According to the Association of Burial Authorities, the problem is the gravestones themselves: one in ten, it says, is a public danger. Crumbling...
-
18 Jan 01
More than 40% of government services are now available electronically, and this figure is set to reach 75% by 2002, according to statistics released this week by the Cabinet Office. This puts...
-
11 Jan 01
Local authority and NHS leaders this week called on the government to give district councils the right to scrutinise local health services.
-
11 Jan 01
London Mayor Ken Livingstone has vehemently rejected suggestions that he is about to agree a compromise with the government over its controversial plans to partially privatise the Tube.
-
11 Jan 01
Unison has agreed to suspend strike action in Scottish local authorities after securing a number of 'guarantees' from employers which could lead to a £5 an hour minimum wage for workers.
-
11 Jan 01
Public Finance readers who know their ISPs from their HTMLs will be keen to take part in a major analysis of electronic government being undertaken by the magazine. They will also get the chance to...
-
4 Jan 01
The government has denied that schools around the country are suffering from teacher 'famine'
-
4 Jan 01
London local authorities are to demand emergency funds to support refugees amid signs that the government's national dispersal scheme is faltering
-
4 Jan 01
Plans by four councils to experiment with all-postal ballots to increase voter turnout at local elections could be scuppered by the imminent General Election
-
4 Jan 01
Staff at the London Borough of Hackney are to escalate their industrial action against the drastic cuts the council has drawn up to tackle its financial crisis
-
4 Jan 01
Local authorities hoping arm's length management companies will prove an attractive alternative to the wholesale transfer of council housing may face a tortuous journey setting one up
-
4 Jan 01
Health Secretary Alan Milburn announced an £87.5m boost for cancer care this week
-
4 Jan 01
A year-long mass vaccination programme that cost £20m has prevented 50 deaths from meningitis C and almost completely eradicated the disease, the Department of Health said this week
-
4 Jan 01
Unison, Scotland's largest public service union, has launched an attack on the Scottish Executive's plans to introduce competition to the water industry
-
4 Jan 01
Police authorities are warning of a tight year ahead despite the seemingly generous 10% funding increase announced in November
-
4 Jan 01
Andrew Foster has received a knighthood in the New Year's Honours List
-
14 Dec 00
A registered social landlord placed under supervision by the Housing Corporation is being provided with an overdraft guarantee to protect tenants while it seeks a new partner.
-
14 Dec 00
The Scottish Executive has pledged to improve its budget process following a report by an influential committee of MSPs voicing 'serious concern' over the arrangements for the scrutiny of spending...
-
14 Dec 00
Trade union demands for a £1,000 pay rise for every council employee in England and Wales would cost local authorities £800m per year, according to their representative body.
-
14 Dec 00
Local authorities were due to discover this week how much they will be able to spend on housing under a new system of capital allocations.
-
14 Dec 00
The largest tax cuts in the history of the Irish state were announced last week by finance minister Charlie McCreevy.
-
14 Dec 00
Tony Blair's targets for the electronic delivery of public services are unlikely to be met, according to a survey of Public Finance readers.
-
14 Dec 00
A cross-party committee of MPs has slammed Railtrack's management of the rail network and castigated its 'totally inadequate' supervision of safety procedures in a damning report published on...
-
14 Dec 00
An extra 39,000 recruits will be needed to meet the government's target of a net gain of 20,000 nurses in England by 2004, the Royal College of Nursing said this week.
-
7 Dec 00
Scotland's top public servant, Muir Russell, will not face sanctions despite a highly critical report from the audit committee, the Scottish Executive said this week.
25 Jan 01Cemeteries, it appears, have become perilous places. According to the Association of Burial Authorities, the problem is the gravestones themselves: one in ten, it says, is a public danger. Crumbling...
28 Sep 21
19 Oct 20 to 22 Oct 20
