Doctors have urged the government to redouble its efforts to improve GP premises after the Department of Health admitted 700 practices failed to meet its standards.
Ministers are close to a final decision on a major cull of public sector inspectorates, but plans to merge up to 13 bodies into four is causing concern.
An independent investigation into alleged irregularities at St George's Healthcare NHS Trust has concluded that data on the number of cancelled operations were improperly altered and hospitality...
When Adair Turner published his interim report on the UK's escalating pension crisis last week, he no doubt sent civil servants at the Department for Work and Pensions scuttling back to their offices...
The Statistics Commission has questioned the value of NHS productivity figures published this week because they do not include 'crucial' changes in the quality of services.
More informed decision-making and greater consultation with teachers should be incorporated into the commissioning of Private Finance Initiative school buildings, the Northern Ireland Audit Office...
Tony Blair's vision of a radical reform of the welfare state during a third-term of Labour government, revealed this week, has been attacked by an influential think-tank.
Collective choice, co-payments and targeted procurement are likely to be at the heart of Labour's next manifesto, according to a former Cabinet minister close to Blairite thinking.
Local government leaders are to step up their campaign for more government cash in November's revenue support grant settlement, as ministers indicate that they will be looking for average council tax...
Detailed information about individual properties will be published for the 2007 council tax revaluation exercise, but the government has denied that it will be used to compile the revised bandings.
Too few children with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities are being educated in mainstream schools despite government action, the school inspectorate said this week.
'One is the loneliest number' goes the song behind Unison's latest TV recruitment campaign the message being that workers are stronger if they stand united than if they act alone.
Northern Ireland's councils have reacted angrily to proposals to cut their number from 26 to just seven, as news emerged of the initial proposals of the Review of Public Administration.
Public sector procurement is facing radical reform as regulators this week moved to break up anti-competitive markets and MPs demanded greater professionalism from civil servants responsible for...
Government plans to overhaul Britain's troubled pensions system extended deeper into the public sector this week, when ministers announced plans for a radical overhaul of the firefighters' retirement...
A National Audit Office health expert has questioned whether the rapid fall in patient waiting times across NHS accident and emergency departments in England is sustainable.
Health and education are the big winners at the expense of local government in the Welsh Assembly government's draft budget, provoking warnings of council tax hikes next year.
