The extra resources being poured into education will not deliver results unless the government frees up teachers' time, ministers were warned this week.
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.
Leading think-tanks and lobby groups this week intensified their opposition to the government's use of public subsidies to support arms dealers in the wake of a damning report by MPs.
Anti-mafia laws used in the US are to be copied in Northern Ireland to tackle extortion rackets in public sector building projects, the government has announced.
Prison Service staff regularly suffer from stress, anxiety and depression during the course of their work, leading to sickness absence rates higher than the national average, according to the...
The government last week launched a crackdown on so-called health tourism, unveiling plans to deny almost all NHS treatment to foreign visitors and failed asylum seekers.
Reverend Andrew McLellan, Scotland's chief inspector of prisons, has issued another scathing report on Peterhead prison, accusing it of failing to address the criticisms in his previous report.
The budget targets set by the Scottish Executive contain 'very serious weaknesses', an economic consultant has told members of the Holyrood parliament's finance committee.
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...
Ministers were motivated by political expediency when pushing through reforms to the way that £2bn of European Union agricultural subsidies are paid, according to MPs.
