NHS Direct must expand its capacity if it is to meet demand from patients and achieve the targets set by the government, the Commission for Health Improvement said this week.
Lessons have been learned from the debacle when a Public Record Office website of the 1901 census fell apart after less than a week, the National Audit Office has said.
The Office for National Statistics has been forced to admit that its population count for Manchester in the 2001 Census was wrong, after research revealed nearly 30,000 extra residents.
Local government leaders have warned ministers that the latest proposals to make police forces more accountable risk 'reinventing the wheel' and undermining the work of councils.
Union officials have warned that further job cuts may be looming if the Audit Commission loses its battle to audit NHS foundation trusts, after the regulator announced it is cutting 250 posts.
Welsh Health Minister Jane Hutt has been warned she must quickly find more funds to improve primary care, despite injecting £51m into the principality's NHS this week.
The Department of Health is considering abandoning plans allowing foundation trusts to implement a new variable pay system earlier than most other trusts in England.
Media and parliamentary interest may dictate the level of humanitarian aid the Department for International Development provides, a report from the National Audit Office warned this week.
The Audit Commission has confirmed that the best councils will lose their 'excellent' status under the Comprehensive Performance Assessments if their performance in future falls below 2002 thresholds.
Employers accused the Fire Brigades Union of trying to rewrite their summer agreement on pay and conditions after a new dispute blew up this week over a November wage increase.
London councils that have or plan to set up arm's-length companies to manage their housing stand to lose more than £167m per year because of cuts in government management and maintenance allowances.
Suspended clinical staff are costing the NHS £40m each year because of the length of time it takes hospital trusts to investigate allegations against them, the National Audit Office has revealed.
Ministers and civil servants have been accused of knowingly underestimating the costs of the Holyrood Scottish Parliament building, which have soared to £400m, ten times the original estimate.
Unions are likely to focus their annual inflation-busting wage claim on attempts to close the gender pay gap across councils, which was flagged up in this week's long-awaited report from the Local...
Councils need an extra £17m if they are to fulfil emergency planning requirements and meet heightened public expectations in the wake of the September 11 attacks, the Local Government Association has...
