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'.
The government repositioned its e-agenda this week with the appointment of a new head of
e-government poached from the private sector and a distinct move towards cost savings through efficiency.
Chancellor Gordon Brown might still need to raise taxes to avoid breaking his 'golden rule' on public spending over the current economic cycle, despite a temporary boost to Whitehall's finances in...
Proposals for Labour's first major shake-up of local government since gaining power were unveiled this week in anticipation of the advent of regional government later this year.
Tessa Jowell, the government's culture secretary and self-declared public health 'nanny', has warned that Labour will not be rushed into measures to curb damaging trends such as obesity despite '...
The body charged with ensuring NHS patients have equal access to the latest drugs and treatments has only partially succeeded in achieving its objective.
Government auditors have endorsed the overall reliability of asylum statistics but warn that some aspects of them are 'misleading' because of the way they are presented.
Health and safety conditions in the UK's construction industry have improved slightly in recent years, but more should be done by the firms and government procurement agencies involved, auditors have...
Council tax benefit should be replaced with a 'liability cap' as a way of overcoming its stigma and improving low take-up rates, according to an influential think-tank.
Patricia Hewitt has unveiled plans for an equalities super-regulator to bring under one umbrella the existing bodies set up to tackle discrimination in its various forms.
David James, the troubleshooter drafted in by the Conservative Party to identify possible Whitehall efficiency savings, is likely to make recommendations that would modify the way future Tory...
