Met Office officials were in talks with the Department of Health this week to try to save a project that uses weather data to help the NHS cope with seasonal pressures.
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.
Ministers should still expect a rough ride over public services during the conference season, but the influence of the 'awkward squad' of unionists may have diminished following the establishment of...
Transfers of council housing to new social landlords are creating more jobs but leaving some employees concerned about their future, a study for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister shows.
Audit Scotland is developing a new system of auditing Best Value in Scottish councils which will bring a 'significant change' in approach and put the emphasis on performance results.
Entire Whitehall departments should be shifted out of London and re-sited in cities such as Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Sheffield and Leeds, the think-tank Catalyst argued this week.
Plans to extend body-piercing regulation to all local authorities in England and Wales have been criticised as 'wishy-washy' by one London authority, which has overseen the practice for more than a...
The huge NHS IT programme was dealt a blow this week when one of the major bidders confirmed it had pulled out of the race to supply key elements of the new infrastructure.
The Refugee Council has endorsed government plans to test immigrants' knowledge of English and UK institutions before awarding them British citizenship.
Politicians take up their cudgels again on September 8 after their lengthy summer break, and this autumn the fighting is likely to be fiercer than usual.
The baby boom generation could push the public services to breaking point if they force the government to bow to their consumerist demands, according to a leading think-tank.
Health ministers' proposed overhaul of NHS finances came under fire this week, with one senior analyst claiming that plans to standardise prices for patient treatments were based on 'dubious...
