Scotland could lose up to 50% of European funding because of the enlargement of the European Union, the director of a leading university research centre has warned.
Three councillors have been suspended from meetings for rowdiness, following the Standards Commission for Scotland's first ruling on allegations of misconduct.
The government is to spend £16m on building four specialist units to separate teenage girl prisoners from adults, Home Secretary David Blunkett has announced.
US outsourcing giant EDS has confirmed it has pulled out of bidding to become a partner in the NHS Shared Financial Services, but insisted it was still committed to working with other parts of the...
Lawyers for the Public and Commercial Services union have identified a test-case individual who will front their legal challenge to the Department for Work and Pensions' controversial pay deal.
Some of the country's leading experts and political spokespeople on public finance will be gathering next week for a round-table debate on the government's July 2004 Spending Review.
Town hall leaders have published a manifesto for local government as part of a drive to exploit the growing debate over 'new localism' in the run-up to the next general election.
Education employers have condemned a threat by teachers to mount a campaign of disruption if local education authorities go ahead with plans to introduce a six-term school year.
London Mayor Ken Livingstone will not hesitate to withhold more transport cash from the capital's boroughs if they fail to pursue policies in line with his objectives.
At least eight police forces, including Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire, are in danger of receiving a 'poor' rating under the Home Office's new grading system for policing, due to be unveiled...
Councils in Scotland have come under pressure to explain why they have not cut council tax bills when total reserves are as high as £839m, or 9% of expenditure.
Teachers' leaders are pushing for reassurances that the proposed new 'short, sharp' school inspection regime will not lead to additional pressures on staff.
Spending on economic development in Scotland has fallen as a share of the total Scottish budget in the period since devolution, a research report has disclosed.
For the first time, 18 teams have been selected as finalists for the Public Servant of the Year awards. The teams will join 21 individuals at the final ceremony in London next month.
Former deputy prime minister Michael Heseltine has dismissed the office of London mayor as a 'non-job' insufficiently powerful to manage the economic changes likely to affect the capital over the...
A badly botched procurement deal has left the armed services with a £259m fleet of helicopters that can be flown only in clear weather and above 500 feet, the National Audit Office has found.
More than 100 defunct NHS sites across England are to be sold to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister as part of a regeneration deal estimated to be worth £400m.
