A national education funding quango would be a 'retrograde step' for the sector, which must retain local flexibilities in determining how schools receive and spend cash, according to the incoming...
Ten new NHS foundation trusts were launched this week but there was disappointment in three candidate trusts, including two turned down for financial reasons.
A sign of a more aggressive Whitehall emerged this week with the Cabinet Office's summary dismissal of contractor ITnet after an £83m project looked in danger of becoming delayed and over-budget.
Electoral Commission chiefs have rejected calls for a code of practice to govern non-broadcast political advertising, despite concerns about election materials.
Favouring maths teachers over other specialists could deprive some subjects of staff and leave schools facing equal pay claims, teaching unions have warned.
Scottish Finance Minister Andy Kerr is to include financial management in senior civil servants' personal performance targets in an effort to tackle underspending by the Executive and public bodies.
Scottish local authorities have called on ministers to agree to a budget of £9.3bn to fund basic services over the next year, according to proposals submitted in advance of the Spending Review.
Up to 11,000 civil service posts could be slashed following this week's overhaul of benefits and pensions processing at the Department for Work and Pensions a third of the job cuts targeted by the...
Hopes that council-owned housing companies might be able to borrow money privately in the same way as registered social landlords have been dashed by a key government adviser.
Patients' power to choose where and when they are treated will be expanded, no matter which party wins the next general election. Both Labour and the Conservatives put patient choice at the heart of...
Communities may take it on themselves to choose which providers clean their streets or empty their bins under a vision of public service delivery set out by the local government minister this week.
Thousands of public sector jobs in Scotland could be axed as part of an efficiency drive affecting civil servants, council staff and employees of public agencies.
Unison maintained its official support for Labour this week in the face of heightened hostility from members, and despite its leaders' private anger at the government's last-minute withdrawal from a...
English local authorities collected an extra £15m in council tax last year, but the rate of improvement slowed, leading to claims from private sector analysts that the government has adopted a '...
Senior civil servants this week warned that more needs to be done to follow up public inquiry recommendations, or Whitehall and governments will never learn the lessons from events such as Dr David...
A government programme to support disadvantaged families with young children is already delivering visible benefits, according to preliminary results of a long-term evaluation project.
