Scottish local government leaders have endorsed Jack McConnell's future legislative programme as one that will make a 'real difference to real people'.
Last week, a political cycle was broken. The news that Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott had regained part of his old department proved that the Cabinet Office is no longer a dumping ground for has...
The government's plan to introduce three-year allocations to English primary care trusts and earmark less of the cash is a 'step in the right direction', NHS managers said last week.
Teachers' leaders have blamed rising levels of sickness among classroom staff in England on the increasing pressures they face, and claim they point to a wider problem in the profession.
The first national strike by council workers in 23 years has been pencilled in for July 17 as the local government pay dispute grew increasingly bitter this week.
The Office of Government Commerce should be given responsibility for overseeing procurement by the NHS and the Ministry of Defence, according to an influential committee of MPs.
As question marks hung over the government's transport policy, Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott hit back at Labour's critics in the Commons' transport select committee.
The British Red Cross has accused the government of ignoring its concerns over plans to accommodate asylum seekers in three out-of-town centres, which the charity believes will condemn refugees to an...
Councils hoping to establish a better system for funding education authorities have failed to endorse a new model for redistributing the available money.
The government is understood to be considering creating a Department for Devolution in the wake of this week's rushed dissolution of the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions.
Public Service Agreements should be expanded to cover the proposed regional assemblies, to give them more freedom to target resources at regional priorities, England's most senior local government...
Rising costs are behind a government attempt to renege on a two-year-old deal to improve hospital accommodation for junior doctors, the British Medical Association claimed this week.
Forty per cent of local authorities have not drawn up an anti-racism strategy, the Audit Commission has revealed just days before a government deadline expired.
External hit squads could be sent into the worst social services departments if they do not improve by November, the Department of Health confirmed this week.
Social services across the country are heading for meltdown, Unison warned this week after a report revealed social workers as the lowest-paid professional group in local government.
Images of Royal Navy warships intercepting people-traffickers in the Mediterranean and televised bulk deportations of rejected refugees in RAF transport planes are bound to trigger a reaction,...
High-performing NHS hospitals will be released from the shackles of direct Whitehall control to give them an incentive to strive for excellence, Health Secretary Alan Milburn has promised.
Education Secretary Estelle Morris stepped into the crisis at the Criminal Records Bureau this week, granting local education authorities access to interim criminal checks to cut the delays in...
Is it ministerial refusal to bow to pressure to change the face of public sector benefits? A surprise affirmation of unions' power to influence policy? Or a deliberately vague document that hides a...