The prospect of a speedy settlement of the firefighters dispute looked increasingly unlikely this week after both the government and employers confirmed that negotiations would now be limited to the...
All eight arm's-length management organisations for housing that began operating in April have secured their immediate funding after receiving two or more stars from inspectors.
Average council tax bills in London are likely to top £1,000 if Mayor Ken Livingstone's estimated cost of policing the capital in the wake of heightened terrorism fears is accepted by the London...
Britain's over-crowded prison system is close to breaking point, with inmates suffering 'degrading' conditions that could lead to legal challenges against the Prison Service, the sector's watchdog...
NHS Plan recruitment targets are under threat because one in seven health service workers could retire in the next five years, the King's Fund warned this week.
A Left-leaning think-tank is calling for greater scrutiny of Private Finance Initiative schemes entered into by central and local government, after it revealed that only 6% of the contracts have had...
Birmingham's housing department should be broken up into 35 community-based organisations, according to the commission set up after tenants rejected stock transfer.
Top-tier local authorities in England were finally put out of their misery when the Audit Commission published the results of the Comprehensive Performance Assessments on December 12.
Education Secretary Charles Clarke could extend New Labour's 'carrot and stick' approach to reducing government inspection and targets by offering schools a respite if they receive glowing...
The London Assembly and the Association of London Government are independently to evaluate the capital's congestion charge scheme following Transport for London's decision to conduct its own...
Health Secretary Alan Milburn has announced two measures to devolve power to frontline NHS organisations proposals to establish foundation trusts, and allocations to primary care trusts from April...
Northern Ireland's largest programme of public sector infrastructure rebuilding was announced on December 11 by acting finance minister Ian Pearson in the province's annual Budget.
Head teachers this week denounced the core proposal of the long-awaited independent report on the summer's A-level fiasco: the idea that the two-tier exam should be separated into stand-alone...
Opposition parties have accused Scotland's Labour-dominated coalition of taking the electorate for granted by drawing up plans for the whole of the next Parliament.
Fraudulent housing benefit claims could be costing taxpayers billions of pounds each year but some councils have done nothing to remedy the problem, the minister in charge of the government's anti-...
Sir Jeremy Beecham has voiced doubts about the quality of some of the inspections carried out for the Comprehensive Performance Assessment, just one week before the results are unveiled.
