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.
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.
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.
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...
Shadow chancellor Oliver Letwin has outlined the Conservatives' policy of cutting state spending as a percentage of national income. But what does this expenditure strategy mean in policy terms?
The Standards Commission for Scotland, set up almost a year ago to investigate allegations of misconduct against councillors and members of public bodies, has launched its first investigation.
Education ministers upped the ante in their battle to improve standards this week by backing radical proposals to reform 14-19 year-old schooling in England.
Battle lines are being drawn across the public services after the interim conclusions of the Treasury's wide-ranging efficiency review, calling for swingeing civil service job cuts and annual savings...
More than 50% of people in England are not registered with a National Health Service dentist, new figures have revealed. They show that only 44% of adults and 60% of children were signed on last year...
Landlords providing services for people in sheltered housing will receive £15m less next year after an independent review warned that costs were spiralling out of control.
Radical reform of the council tax is on the way but it will be at least 12 months before a replacement system is drawn up and the details finalised, Public Finance has been told.
