The governing councils of three of the six main accountancy institutes have agreed 'in principle' to a merger that could create a new body of more than 200,000 members.
Regeneration minister Lord Rooker this week urged councils to work with the neighbourhood renewal agenda, after MPs said an atmosphere of 'mistrust and tension' was frustrating progress.
'Gross exaggeration and political criticism' has led the public to believe that only half of NHS staff are directly involved in patient care, while the real figure is 84%, Britain's biggest union has...
Housing associations have lost a long-running battle to avoid European Union procurement regulations after the UK government decided against challenging a European Commission ruling.
Scottish Water remains less efficient than the privatised companies in England and Wales, despite progress over the past two years, MSPs have been told.
As councils prepare for ministerial pronouncements on the implementation of the Gershon agenda, Unison, Britain's biggest union, has expressed fears that the target of £6.5bn of savings by 2008 could...
Prime Minister Tony Blair's harmonious relations with Britain's unions disintegrated within hours of his speech to the Trades Union Congress in Brighton, when the leaders of 11 public sector unions...
A proposed new contract between the NHS and high-street pharmacists would save money, increase access to care, improve the management of long-term illnesses and take pressure off other health...
Public service reform is being undermined by a civil service inherently resistant to change and lacking in specialised skills, according to the Demos think-tank.
The government must develop a national family strategy to prevent pregnant workers from getting a raw deal, the Equal Opportunities Commission said this week.
Arm's-length management organisations could be given control of local authority homes in a move that could lead to full privatisation of council housing stock.
Colleges should be allowed to take on a bigger role in delivering higher education, according to the latest report from an influential centre-Left think-tank.
The Local Government Association has pledged that poor or weak performing councils will be a thing of the past by 2007 as part of a bold bargaining agenda to extract more freedoms from Whitehall.
Affordable early years education remains out of reach for too many families despite impressive levels of government investment, senior MPs said this week.
Regional housing boards set up in the past 18 months should be merged with planning boards, which are more than 40 years their senior, the government said this week.
The NHS and crime are key areas of concern for older voters, says a report, which warns politicians that they ignore the worries of the over-45s at their peril.
Governors of public bodies should take a leading role in scrutinising corporate governance arrangements to ensure they are of the highest standard, independent experts have said.
Councils have made widespread use of measures introduced by the Department for Work and Pensions to simplify housing benefit and improve anti-fraud measures.
