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...
Cuts to jobs and services are on the way unless the government abandons plans to cap authorities, ministers have been warned, as those in the firing line submitted last-ditch appeals against the...
Student nurses who are not up to the job are still passing their courses because some examiners are too frightened to fail them, according to the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
The rapid expansion in the NHS nursing workforce has been over-reliant on overseas recruitment and might not be sustainable in the long term, nursing leaders have warned.
The economic development agency Scottish Enterprise (SE) has been told to review its performance management system following criticisms of the way targets are set and monitored.
Business leaders have expressed scepticism about government plans to slash £20bn off the cost of running Whitehall, describing proposals as 'crude', and claiming that ministers could 'spin' success...
Senior civil servants in Scotland are bracing themselves for criticisms of their handling of the controversial Holyrood parliament building project when public inquiry chair Lord Fraser of Carmyllie...
Scottish ministers have promised swift action following the publication of two damning reports criticising serious social care, health and policing failures in the Borders region.
Local government unions have resolved to ratchet up their pay campaign by lobbying chief executives and councillors during the local elections, while balloting their members on the current 7% three-...
Team spirit and cohesion were celebrated in this week's Public Finance Public Servants of the Year Awards even the individual winners drew attention to their importance. Editor Mike Thatcher...
The CIPFA elections for 2004/05 have produced a more even gender balance to the institute's Council after the return of Jaki Salisbury and the election of Jane Cuthbertson.
The Home Office should take advantage of the opportunities presented by the Lyons review and move significant numbers of staff out of central London, a senior MP has urged.
