The Fire Brigades Union this week demanded amendments to the Bain report in what could be the first indication that firefighters may be willing to compromise on modernisation.
A London council is threatening legal action because it is angry at the price paid by tenants who purchase their homes under the right to buy housing subsidy scheme.
The government should resist the temptation to introduce any further structural changes or new policies to the NHS, according to an influential Leftwing think-tank.
As the Fire Brigades Union heads towards a resumption of its strike programme, Prime Minister Tony Blair has maintained his tough stance, saying the stoppages are 'wrong, dangerous and unjustified'.
The Private Finance Initiative offers few benefits to education, and high-performing councils should be given the freedom to explore other methods of procurement, the Audit Commission concluded in a...
Westminster City Council has accused the Office for National Statistics of refusing to allow ministers to see data that could be crucial in resolving their dispute over the 2001 census.
Tube Lines, the newly created part-owner of the London Underground network, has promised to meet strict improvement targets as part of its long-term public-private contract.
Westminster City Council is on the brink of launching legal action against the government's registrar general after allegations that the 2001 census was wildly inaccurate.
Education personnel were the biggest public sector beneficiaries of the New Year's honours list, but other notable achievers came from local government, health and the public sciences.
A Liberal Democrat MP is demanding an inquiry after the finance director of St George's NHS Trust in London was sacked because of his 'management style'.
Local authorities are protesting to the government after having their budgets for housing investment cut. While total housing expenditure is increasing by 6% in 2003/04, some councils are worse off...
The government is to take 'key' right-to-buy rules out of primary legislation to allow ministers to react more quickly to market trends and shortages in housing, according to a leaked letter from...
Local government leaders have gone on the offensive over this year's finance settlement amid fears that increases in education funding could mean other services are starved of cash.
One in six teachers say they will not be in the classroom in five years' time because of excessive workloads and too many targets, research has revealed.
The pressures involved in recruiting and retaining Britain's best teachers are already plentiful, but UK education officials now face stiff competition from a most unlikely source the US's deprived...
Ministers are gearing themselves for another battle with Tory peers over the controversial Section 28 legislation, which prevents councils from promoting homosexuality.
London-based Beaver Housing Society has become the first registered social landlord to be strongly criticised by inspectors from the Housing Corporation.
