The Local Government Association is to reform radically its member structure, replacing its 'static and old-fashioned' committees with cross-cutting boards in an attempt to widen its influence on...
To lose one key policy adviser may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose four looks like either carelessness or preparation for a change in leadership. Either way, a clear-out among Tony Blair's...
Talks on a contract for 12,500 senior hospital doctors are due to begin soon, the British Medical Association said this week, as the doctors accused the government of dragging its heels over the deal.
An influential Scottish Parliament committee has rejected local authority claims that cash generated by efficiency savings should be reinvested by individual councils.
The Scottish Executive has again missed its targets for paying bills on time, leaving millions of pounds outstanding, according to figures disclosed this week.
Whitehall's chief statistician has called for greater autonomy from parliamentarians in the wake of accusations that ministers have too much control over the way civil service data is used.
The government's mental health czar, Louis Appleby, has been given extended powers to cover services for older people and for children and adolescents.
Senior private sector figures have pointed the finger at government organisations and blamed them for refusing to make information on Private Finance Initiative deals available to the public.
Camden council has stepped up its campaign against record industry giants' illegal fly-posting by seeking an interim court order preventing companies from flouting the law while it awaits a landmark...
The massive increase in house-building recommended by government advisers could have a devastating impact on the environment, says a little-publicised report.
The government is steeling itself to lose control of large cities and towns in its traditional northern heartlands when the urban centres outside London go to the polls next week.
Frantic weekend activity was not enough to ensure that the official deadline for despatch of ballot papers was met by all the councils participating in the government's postal voting experiment.
Professor Ivor Crewe, the president of Universities UK, has warned ministers that the government's consultation on expanding university access is still too narrow in scope.
Local authorities should be encouraged to transfer homes to landlords set up for black and ethnic minority (BME) communities, says a report for the Housing Corporation.
The Audit Commission is piloting the creation of area profiles as a way of building a complete picture of frontline services and quality of life within a specific location.
Government websites for unemployed people and benefit claimants are of poor quality, prone to malfunction and among the worst in the public sector, according to research by a web consultancy.
Network Rail chief executive John Armitt this week claimed the economic benefit of effectively
renationalising track maintenance would be £70m per year, and dismissed claims that the much-maligned...
Bromsgrove District Council is to vote next week on whether it should take the unique step of inviting the government to intervene to help it solve its 'long-standing problems'.
