The Private Finance Initiative is delivering most central government building projects on time and at, or below, estimated cost, the National Audit Office said in a report this week.
Employers and the Fire Brigades Union are to meet next week for 'substantive talks' after the apparent intervention of the Deputy Prime Minister as peacemaker this week.
Public bodies have given the thumbs-up to the government's plan to merge the accounting profession's watchdogs into one 'super-regulator' following a year-long review of the sector.
Prison reformers have demanded a review of the Home Office's policy of jailing minors after a damning report was issued this week on the privately run Ashfield young offenders institution in...
Local government employers this week attempted to play down the impending 'crisis' caused by rising numbers of teachers seeking to leave the profession.
Senior backbench MPs have condemned as 'false and spurious' the public sector comparators used to test the value for money of Private Finance Initiative deals.
Public sector absenteeism has risen markedly in the past year, according to a report published this week, encouraging new claims that the sector is rife with stressed, overworked personnel.
Council tenants, trade unionists and councillors descended on Westminster this week to increase pressure on ministers to give local authorities the same rights as housing associations.
The Treasury has opened its doors to the prospect of allowing councils to raise and control more funds locally, according to Paul Boateng, the chief secretary to the Treasury .
Tax rises of up to £11bn a year could be needed to finance government spending plans, according to forecasts published this week by the influential Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Child protection agencies have joined forces to try to stop vulnerable children slipping through the net as Lord Laming's damning report on the Victoria Climbié case was published.
Vacancy rates for GPs are rising rapidly, putting pressure on family doctors and making it more difficult for patients to get appointments, the British Medical Association said this week.
London Mayor Ken Livingstone is on the point of sealing a deal with the government to transfer the London Underground to his control, after a prolonged dispute over a possible £1.5bn funding gap in...
A decade-long catalogue of failures by the Lord Chancellor's Department and a private contractor has turned what should have been a straightforward IT scheme into arguably 'the shoddiest Private...
Health Secretary Alan Milburn has announced a new deal for NHS consultants, which is being hailed in many quarters as a move to give senior doctors sabbaticals of up to three months.
Employers and the Fire Brigades Union were effectively given a deadline of three months to negotiate a strike settlement or face a loss of substantial power as the patience of the government finally...
NHS trusts will get the double boost of fewer inspections from Royal Colleges and an increase in consultant numbers under a groundbreaking deal announced this week.
The government's foundation trust initiative could restore the divisions of the internal market by creating well-funded elite hospitals that poach the best staff, the British Medical Association...
Gordon Brown's public sector spending plans were dealt a potential blow this week when it was revealed that the chancellor had exceeded his £20bn annual borrowing forecasts with three months left of...
