Electricity distributors' contingency plans are not yet robust enough to deal effectively with all aspects of a major power failure should severe weather hit the UK again this winter, the Department...
Renewed questions were raised about the efficiency of private firms carrying out rail maintenance after Jarvis Rail admitted responsibility for another derailment this week.
The Liberal Democrats go into their conference at Brighton next week hoping for a boost from having either won or taken second place in the Brent East by-election, which was due to take place on 18...
A 'fundamental breakdown' in financial controls at the National Council for Education and Training for Wales meant that it failed to protect the interests of taxpayers, according to the National...
Every Northern Ireland citizen is to be given a health and care number, to enable all health practitioners in the province to access their personal health records.
The NHS, councils and the private sector must co-operate more fully in order to reduce the 'intolerable' level of delays in discharging elderly people from hospital, MPs said this week.
Service's 128 directly managed prisons in England and Wales spent £461m on essential supplies, while Prison Service headquarters spent a further £491m on central projects and services, such as...
The saga of Westminster's missing residents may now be resolved as preliminary results from an investigation have shown the 2001 census may have missed 25,000 households.
Health, education and local authorities gave the 'biggest shake-up in children's services in 30 years' a muted welcome this week as they questioned the government's commitment to providing adequate...
Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt has indicated the government is prepared to review public service procurement in the UK after union and business leaders slated Labour's current approach.
Unions warned the government this week that they could 'no longer drag their heels' over the two-tier workforce after Labour's favourite think-tank said the issue was stalling progress on public...
Local income tax is to be put forward as a possible means of generating revenue in the Association of London Government's submission to the government's Balance of Funding Review.
The Public and Commercial Services union will go to an employment tribunal if a government ministry does not ditch plans to pay external recruits higher salaries.
The Scottish Executive is to fund an increase in the number of teachers and police officers and take the first steps towards introducing free eye and dental checks as a result of a £525m spending...
Teaching unions have attacked the government for trying to limit the number of teachers receiving salary rises through performance-related pay, claiming that this will have a 'devastating' effect on...
A Conservative government would dismantle the 'command state' constructed by the Labour party and radically decentralise public services, according to a policy document setting out the party's reform...
Senior trade unionists have warned that a government forum set up to discuss public services reform will quickly fail unless Labour entertains the idea of direct policy changes.
