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16 Nov 00
The Committee on Standards in Public Life has shied away from imposing sanctions on members of the House of Lords, and has instead suggested a voluntary register of interests, similar to that for MPs...
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16 Nov 00
Health Secretary Alan Milburn this week promised a significant expansion of the Private Finance Initiative and fired a broadside at those who have attacked the investment scheme.
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16 Nov 00
The costs of building Portcullis House, the new £230m headquarters for Westminster MPs that includes padded lifts, bronze cladding and two reception desks costing £75,000, are to be examined by the...
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16 Nov 00
Councils have been placed at the forefront of transforming run-down city centres in the biggest shake-up in British urban regeneration policies for almost 25 years.
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9 Nov 00
When Nigel Crisp was handed the BBC survey of health authorities' readiness for the winter months he must have felt lucky to start his first day as English NHS chief executive with a good news story.
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9 Nov 00
An audacious plan by Halton Borough Council in Cheshire to move one of England's greatest sporting landmarks Wembley's Twin Towers from London to the north west has ended in failure, sparking an...
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9 Nov 00
Customs and Excise is losing up to £100m a year in lost revenue because of illegal betting and could forfeit as much or more again if the trend towards Internet and offshore betting continues,...
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9 Nov 00
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has bowed to pressure from local government and announced reforms to the Bellwin formula to help embattled councils deal with the floods that have devastated much...
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9 Nov 00
Confusion still surrounds the delayed launch of the government's Citizens' Portal, aimed at providing a single electronic entry point to all public services.
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2 Nov 00
The privatisation of the national rail network has created a huge conflict between performance incentives and safety and is placing untold pressure on the industry, Railtrack chief executive Gerald...
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2 Nov 00
Council services in Wales will deteriorate without a major change in culture, auditors warned this week after a disappointing start to Best Value.
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2 Nov 00
Former deputy justice minister Angus MacKay was the big winner in the Scottish Cabinet reshuffle carried out by First Minister Henry McLeish this week.
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2 Nov 00
Scotland's permanent secretary, Muir Russell, has stressed the impartiality of the Civil Service following a row over the first minister's proposals to improve links between Labour backbench MSPs and...
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2 Nov 00
Smaller shire councils have been promised they will not be excluded from next year's housing stock transfer programme by larger urban authorities hoping to offload tens of thousands of homes.
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2 Nov 00
MPs are threatening to rein in Chris Woodhead, the blunt-speaking chief inspector of schools, because of his approach and attitude to their work.
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26 Oct 00
The next generation of pensioners will be no better off than today's and face a raw deal in the future, the King's Fund warned this week.
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26 Oct 00
Chancellor Gordon Brown's bid to encourage the private and voluntary sectors to invest up to £1bn in deprived areas will be one of the key planks of his pre-Budget report on November 8.
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19 Oct 00
Nearly half of English councils have increased their rents by more than the government's recommended level, according to a Local Government Association report.
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19 Oct 00
Efforts to minimise pressure on the health service this winter went up a gear this week as leading figures warned that the NHS faces a tough three months.
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19 Oct 00
Senior doctors thought they saw the light at the end of the tunnel when Prime Minister Tony Blair, addressing the Royal College of Surgeons of England's bicentennial conference on October 16, seemed...
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19 Oct 00
Large parts of the public sector have failed to engage with their customers on the Internet, and will not succeed with e-government targets unless they join together to get better deals, a leading...
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19 Oct 00
The London Borough of Hackney is in the throes of another financial crisis after the borough treasurer issued a formal warning that the authority is facing a massive budget deficit.
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19 Oct 00
Northern Ireland's first home-grown budget in 29 years proffers a substantial increase in spending on the health service in the province and a boost for agriculture and rural development.
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19 Oct 00
Local Government Association chair Sir Jeremy Beecham has launched a renewed defence of the public service ethos and the value of 'vigorous local democracy'.
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19 Oct 00
The government has beefed up the Local Government Modernisation Team with the appointment of eight new members this week.
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