Public service unions are to harden their opposition to foundation hospitals, after the government gave notice it would ignore a motion condemning the policy passed by a clear majority at the Labour...
A member of the original Royal Commission on long-term care has said that the drive to raise care standards for the elderly should take precedence over efforts to secure total state funding.
Prime Minister Tony Blair's claim that public service investment is 'not disappearing down some black hole' was dealt an immediate blow this week with the publication of figures showing that extra...
Health service boards must begin to think strategically about the impact of soon-to-be-implemented changes, NHS England finance and investment director Richard Douglas told the annual CIPFA health...
Chester-le-Street District Council, currently under heavy scrutiny by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, has confirmed it is investigating a potential breach of government outsourcing...
The Scottish Executive is under fire from a senior parliamentary committee over lack of clarity in the spending plans announced in its recent 2004/05 budget.
The set-up of the Downing Street press office is to come under scrutiny to assess whether the staff changes 'will really help improve the management of government communications', the Commons' public...
Northern Ireland's public sector unions have been criticised by the acting regional development minister for the province, John Spellar, after they walked out of a meeting on water reform.
Prime Minister Tony Blair has lent his support to the 2004 Public Servants of the Year Awards and is encouraging as many public sector bodies as possible to nominate individuals or teams.
Voluntary sector leaders are calling for their public service contracts to be put on a more stable long-term footing so that they can compete with the private sector.
Local authorities are facing a major struggle to preserve housing investment programmes as new regional boards look to switch maximum funds to a single pot.
Labour's regeneration initiatives received a timely boost this week with the publication of a new Audit Commission report praising councils for improved policy selection and implementation.
Universities may grant places to under-performing students from socially disadvantaged families if proposals included in a higher education discussion document are taken forward.
One of the largest Private Finance Initiative schemes ever undertaken in UK higher education was formally inaugurated this week as the University of Hertfordshire welcomed students on to its new £...
Unions are warning of a growing campaign to undermine the local government deal on the two-tier workforce, as pressure mounts to expand it across the public sector at next week's Labour Party...
