A bitter political row has broken out this week after the Welsh Assembly government announced that it was going to tackle bed-blocking with money earmarked by Chancellor Gordon Brown for keeping down...
The prospect of strike action by 100,000 civil servants at five government departments loomed large this week after members of Whitehall's biggest union began voting on what they described as '...
Northern Irish consultants' acceptance of a new contract will boost doctors' morale and improve patient services, the British Medical Association said this week.
Local government employers want an end to the traditional annual pay talks in favour of multi-year deals, with both English and Scottish councils looking for two-and three-year packages.
Plans to further centralise control of Britain's rail network could bring an end to the 'messianic individual' approach to regulation, which hinders effective co-ordination across the sector, a...
The prison and probation services are to be merged in a shake-up of correctional services in England and Wales, which ministers promise will curb inmate numbers and deliver better value for money.
The Department for Work and Pensions is making little headway in its struggle to tackle benefit fraud, the auditor general has said in qualifying its accounts for the 14th year in a row.
Christmas has come two weeks early for local government and, in an unlikely turn of events, Gordon Brown has been transformed from Scrooge to Santa Claus.
Council tax bills in Scotland are set to rise by an average of about 4.5%, after the local government funding settlement announced this week by Finance and Public Services Minister Andy Kerr.
The amount Scotland receives from the Treasury to make up for a shortfall in tax income has increased to £8bn, according to the Scottish Executive's latest assessment of the country's finances.
Senior civil servants will be given training in commercial skills to improve the government's procurement record, a Whitehall report revealed this week.
The Treasury is committing more than £4bn to its 'untried' baby savings scheme which may only benefit the children of affluent families, MPs warned this week.
Whitehall's biggest union is on collision course with the Treasury after it voted heavily in favour of a return to a national pay framework for civil servants, despite Gordon Brown's support for...
Twenty-six councils have won promotion and nine have slipped down the rankings as the Audit Commission published the first annual update of the Comprehensive Performance Assessments on December 18.
Housing associations that fail to win grants because of competition from private developers have been invited to manage estates for the companies that carry out construction.
District councils are outperforming top-tier authorities in the drive to meet the government's decent homes target, according to a leading housing inspector.
Pharmaceutical companies must undergo a radical change in the way they choose, research and develop new drugs and treatments, the King's Fund said this week.
Cabinet Office minister Douglas Alexander has announced that the e-envoy's office is to be scrapped, with a new head of e-government to be created next year.