The government stands accused of compromising the Audit Commission's independence after Public Finance was given a document revealing that ministers intend to force immediate penalties on...
The personnel swaps between central and local government continued this week with Improvement and Development Agency deputy John O'Brien announcing his move to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
The government could be facing a 'defeat a day' at the Labour Party conference next month as unions prepare to vent their frustrations in up to five key policy areas.
Accusations that England's schools are not doing enough to promote foreign languages were countered by the government this week, with the publication of new figures showing that almost three-quarters...
Labour members on the Local Government Association have lost seven seats to the Conservatives across its executive committees to reflect proportional changes after May's local elections.
Health minister John Hutton has indicated that the success of a new scheme to prevent costly 'health tourism' and fraud across the NHS could depend heavily on the government's controversial plans for...
Transport for London has warned its congestion charge contractor that it must see 'direct and fundamental' improvements in the administration of the scheme, after agreeing to pay the firm up to £31m...
Housing experts have warned ministers not to become over-reliant on the multibillion pound house-building scheme across key 'growth areas' of the Southeast announced this week, claiming it should not...
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has published draft capital finance regulations that will govern the new system of prudential borrowing for local authorities.
Tax increases to fund the government's programme of investment in public services have increased the average household's bill by £4,000 per year since 1997, according to a Right-wing think-tank.
Waltham Forest council leader Tony Buckley is set to lose his job after national Labour Party officials suspended him for failing to turn around one of the worst performing authorities in the country...
The auditor general for Wales has demanded that the Welsh Assembly introduce more 'robust' procedures to ensure its audit recommendations are implemented on time, it emerged this week.
A local authority was left seething this week after ministers turned down its application to place 13,000 council homes in the hands of an arm's-length management organisation.
The Association of University Teachers this week rejected a two-year pay deal from the Employers' Organisation, claiming the offer was 'inadequate' and reflected a 'disregard' for the negotiating...
Bromsgrove District Council has been warned it must quickly implement 'more effective leadership', following a second damning report from the Audit Commission in just 16 months.
Universities UK has attacked Education Secretary Charles Clarke's failure to listen to their concerns over higher education funding after he rejected the findings of a committee of MPs.
Local government's deal to end the two-tier workforce is off to a slow start with up to 40% of councillors and officers still unaware of what it requires them to do, a survey from Unison has found.
Business consultant Peter Dixon is to be the new chair of the Housing Corporation. He will take over from Baroness Dean, who is standing down in October after six years in office.
Dixon, chair of...
Money for housing management and maintenance is to be redistributed from London to the north of England.
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister said that new formulas for paying £3bn worth of...
Nearly two-thirds of NHS mental health trusts failed to balance their budgets last year, according to research by the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health.
The financial data of 18 trusts were...
Britain's largest airport operator, BAA, should be broken up because its dominant position is hindering regional economic development, members of the Commons' transport select committee have said....
