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17 May 01
'We've gone through lots of pain to get here, but we have never lost sight of our pupils. This Award is the most special thing.'
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10 May 01
The government's long-awaited proposals to regenerate the ailing Post Office network by extending banking services to the financially excluded were unveiled this week. After months of wrangling, the...
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10 May 01
Ideological differences between the main political parties on how to improve public services emerged this week as the general election campaign finally got under way.
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3 May 01
Public Accounts Committee chairman David Davis has condemned as 'staggering' the £3.9bn clinical negligence bill facing the NHS in England.
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3 May 01
Social landlords bidding for money from the Housing Corporation's Safer Communities Supported Housing Fund no longer have to raise matched funding from a local authority.
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3 May 01
Twenty-two of the poorest neighbourhoods in England have secured a total of more than £1bn in central government regeneration funding over the next ten years.
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3 May 01
The beleaguered Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (Cosla) has asked for advice from its remaining members on how to improve its services, revamp its structure and recover from the defection of...
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3 May 01
The troubled £660m national stadium project was left in limbo this week after the Football Association said it could no longer afford to finance the scheme, forcing the government to step in.
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3 May 01
The Treasury has saved £6.5bn on the housing benefit bill since 1996 because of restrictions on claims introduced by the last government, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
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3 May 01
GPs are angry that much is evident. The actions of those who on May Day closed their surgeries to all but emergency cases led family doctors to be mentioned in the same breath as the militant anti-...
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3 May 01
Prime Minister Tony Blair's vision of installing directly elected mayors in English cities is looking increasingly shaky as previously pacesetting authorities apply the brakes.
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3 May 01
Harlow District Council in Essex is one of the worst-performing local authorities in the UK, according to the Best Value Inspectorate.
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26 Apr 01
The Audit Commission has announced the results of its largest audit services' procurement exercise in which it awarded 38 'framework' contracts worth £34m.
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26 Apr 01
Doctors and managers backed Health Secretary Alan Milburn this week as he announced sweeping reforms to decentralise the NHS and cut at least £100m from the service's administration to plough back...
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19 Apr 01
The Housing Corporation must be careful not to 'throw away its good work' when its new regulatory framework for housing associations comes into effect, according to the National Audit Office.
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19 Apr 01
The Department of Health this week launched an agency to increase patient safety and cut the cost of medical errors and negligence.
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12 Apr 01
Westminster City Council is planning to set up its own team of 'enforcers' to tackle the 'Ibiza-style yob culture' said to be blighting the West End of London.
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12 Apr 01
Transport funding in Scotland is lagging way behind that of England and is producing a two-tier system, according to the chairman of the government's Commission for Integrated Transport.
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12 Apr 01
Rural county councils are defying the prime minister's calls for the countryside to be 'open for business' by planning to keep footpaths and rights of way closed over the Easter weekend.
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5 Apr 01
The Treasury is urging Whitehall departments to embrace wholeheartedly the biggest financial shake-up in central government for 140 years.
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5 Apr 01
Commercial lenders are keeping a close eye on social landlords in case their financial strength is impaired by rent restructuring.
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5 Apr 01
Local authorities are facing an administrative headache and a hefty bill after the government's decision to put back the local shire county elections and in all probability the general election...
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5 Apr 01
The government has bowed to pressure from local authorities and agreed to make it easier to set up arm's-length housing management companies.
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29 Mar 01
MPs have demanded an 'urgent' explanation from ministers about a botched investigation into alcohol smuggling that cost Customs and Excise nearly £900m in uncollected revenue.
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29 Mar 01
The government's obsession with inspection to deliver improved public services does not improve performance in the UK, according to an influential policy unit.
17 May 01'We've gone through lots of pain to get here, but we have never lost sight of our pupils. This Award is the most special thing.'
