The government is to give housing associations staged funding to take over council 'sink estates' as part of a package of measures announced this week to boost its decent homes standard.
The government-backed project set up to inject £125m of public money into the voluntary sector will fail unless public sector agencies get on board, the head of the consortium charged with managing...
All Private Finance Initiative projects that have not been closed by May 14 must adhere to new standard contract terms that come into force on that date, the Treasury has said
Whitehall's statistics watchdog has moved to end political arguments over the use of civil service data by calling for new laws on how information is presented, claiming that the current setup is '...
Anne Chant, acting chair of the Inland Revenue, has committed the organisation to an 11-month deadline to improve its debt recovery procedures following revelations that billions of pounds are...
Local authorities could move to three-year budgets in the Spending Review after the prime minister promised schools longer-term financial planning this week.
Devolution has increased the exposure of public sector managers and senior civil servants, all of whom now 'manage in a goldfish bowl', Scotland's auditor general Bob Black said this week.
Some government departments are allowing billions of pounds a year to dribble away through fraud in the public sector because of 'appallingly lax controls', a senior MP warned this week.
The post of water regulator in Scotland is to be scrapped and his responsibilities transferred to a board of non-executive experts, Environment Minister Ross Finnie has announced.
Health Secretary John Reid has challenged public bodies to play a bigger part in eradicating health inequalities across Britain, arguing that good practice is not solely the responsibility of the...
A rapid expansion of private security patrols on housing estates has left the public confused over who is supposed to be guarding them and their property, according to a Joseph Rowntree Foundation...
Consensus is emerging among the main political parties over the level of spending required to run Britain's public services effectively over the next decade.
Scotland's Finance Minister Andy Kerr has given a stark warning that the forthcoming Spending Review will be much tougher than in recent years and that Scotland should be prepared for a less generous...
Lack of leadership and a shortage of staff and expertise are holding back Welsh councils from building on the improvements they have made in the past year, according to the Audit Commission in Wales.
Disgraced former Westminster council leader Dame Shirley Porter has agreed to pay the authority £12.3m, finally bringing to an end the 'homes for votes' scandal that has dragged on for almost 20...
Despite the government's commitment to reduce the size of Whitehall, the number of permanent and casual civil service staff increased during 2003, as several departments took on extra...
