NHS Direct must expand its capacity if it is to meet demand from patients and achieve the targets set by the government, the Commission for Health Improvement said this week.
Lessons have been learned from the debacle when a Public Record Office website of the 1901 census fell apart after less than a week, the National Audit Office has said.
Water customers in Scotland were warned this week that they face another increase in their bills unless Scottish Water makes faster progress to boost efficiency.
A leading social services expert has questioned the validity of the government's latest star ratings for councils and the impact of 'trouble-shooting' teams sent to improve second-rate authorities.
Teachers in England and Wales are to receive an inflation-only, multi-year pay increase for the first time as the government moves to head off a repeat of the schools funding crisis that saw mass...
Councils are threatening to cut services in the expectation of receiving an average 4.9% grant increase when the provisional finance settlement is announced next week.
The Treasury has rejected MPs' calls to allow the National Audit Office to scrutinise data from Whitehall departments that measures their progress against key improvement targets.
The Audit Commission expects to see its income fall by £36m over the next three years because of its diminishing responsibilities and its emphasis on more strategic regulation.
MPs have slammed the national IT programme for magistrates' courts as one of the worst examples of a Private Finance Initiative project they have ever seen, describing the procurement as 'disastrous...
New shadow local government secretary David Curry has vowed to take the fight for council freedoms and flexibilities to the Labour government following his surprise appointment as one of the...
E-voting is being imposed on electors across Europe, even though ballots may not be secure or accurate, the Foundation for Information Policy Research, an IT think-tank, has warned.
Employers accused the Fire Brigades Union of trying to rewrite their summer agreement on pay and conditions after a new dispute blew up this week over a November wage increase.
London councils that have or plan to set up arm's-length companies to manage their housing stand to lose more than £167m per year because of cuts in government management and maintenance allowances.
Suspended clinical staff are costing the NHS £40m each year because of the length of time it takes hospital trusts to investigate allegations against them, the National Audit Office has revealed.
Ministers and civil servants have been accused of knowingly underestimating the costs of the Holyrood Scottish Parliament building, which have soared to £400m, ten times the original estimate.
The Office for National Statistics has been forced to admit that its population count for Manchester in the 2001 Census was wrong, after research revealed nearly 30,000 extra residents.
Local government leaders have warned ministers that the latest proposals to make police forces more accountable risk 'reinventing the wheel' and undermining the work of councils.
Union officials have warned that further job cuts may be looming if the Audit Commission loses its battle to audit NHS foundation trusts, after the regulator announced it is cutting 250 posts.