Pensioners are being urged to claim the council tax reductions they are entitled to as part of a government campaign to stem mounting opposition from older people.
Watchdog MPs have called on the government to remedy a bizarre situation in which MPs asking official Parliamentary Questions have less chance of extracting information from Whitehall departments...
The results of a three-month consultation on the best ways to prevent illness will be used to inform a public health white paper and affect NHS spending priorities between 2005 and 2008.
The amount of money lost to the public purse through VAT fraud and error increased by more than £1bn over the past year, according to official estimates.
The Commons Treasury select committee is demanding that Treasury permanent secretary Gus O'Donnell explain a three-month delay in the publication of a report outlining the future of the Inland...
Nick Raynsford has confirmed that the government will not exercise reserve powers to limit how much local authorities can borrow when the Prudential Code comes into force on April 1.
The £245m government fund set up to encourage innovation across the arts and sciences is weighted too heavily in favour of London, and access to one of its three programmes is too narrow, according...
Too many new childcare places are being created with no thought given to how they can be sustained once public funds are exhausted, a senior MP said this week.
The government faces a tight deadline to extend trials of new voting methods this summer, after peers blocked proposals to increase the number of all-postal elections in June.
In the weeks since the Commons narrowly approved the government's controversial plans for top-up fees in England, university chiefs in Scotland have been anxiously awaiting the outcome of a review...
Funding the Private Finance Initiative has increased the level of borrowing for Scottish Water customers by about 30% over the figure for England and Wales, a report disclosed this week.
Plans to sell off most of London's police stations and relocate officers to supermarkets and city centre kiosks, have been dismissed as 'clumsy, ham-fisted and ignorant' by the leader of the...
Government attempts to improve the health of the nation have been thwarted by the failure to set clear targets or to establish the cost-effectiveness of policies focusing on prevention, according to...
The government's drive to modernise public services and boost staff recruitment has hindered the Treasury's attempts to keep a lid on the salary bill in the sector, new research has shown.
European Commission experts believe there is a 'strong chance' that the government's tough stance on immigrants from new European Union member states will be challenged in the courts.
One in five civil servants will face the sack unless they significantly boost their performance under reforms that sound the death knell for the career mandarin.
Local and regional government leaders are urging Chancellor Gordon Brown to stop opposing a substantial increase in the European Commission's budget, so that the UK's four poorest regions can...
Local government needs to take on board lessons from the retail sector if it is to re-engage with the population it serves, according to the prime minister's senior adviser on public service reform.
The government should test out directly elected mayors in at least two big cities, where they would be most suitable, the New Local Government Network claimed this week.
