Transport Secretary Alistair Darling this week warned rail companies they must get a grip on the spiralling costs that are undermining the government's long-term plan to improve the network.
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...
Taxpayers may end up paying millions of pounds to deal with problems caused by abandoned waste sites because of poor costing by operators, says the National Audit Office.
The auditor general should be given full access to the BBC to improve the corporation's public accountability, according to Public Accounts Committee chair Edward Leigh.
London-based Beaver Housing Society has become the first registered social landlord to be strongly criticised by inspectors from the Housing Corporation.
Nottingham City Council accidentally paid its members nearly £280,000 in unlawful allowances and expenses in two years, its district auditor has revealed.
Gordon Brown has vigorously rejected suggestions that the government's performance targets are hindering rather than helping efforts to improve public services.
Four NHS chief executives have resigned after a damning report found their Scottish region was riddled with infighting and a lack of financial understanding.
Belfast City Council is launching an investigation into why a £175 Christmas tree it paid for was decorated with lights reading 'Merry Christmas C Company', a reference to a brigade of Loyalist...
New Labour's suggested shake-up of the UK pension system, dubbed the 'work until you drop' package, is merely storing up problems for the future, according to public sector experts, opposition...
Ministers must avoid an over-reaction to accounting scandals such as Enron and WorldCom, and maintain a 'broad brush' approach to regulating the profession, public sector experts warned this week.
Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes councils have awarded Hyder Business Services 'preferred bidder status' in what could be the largest public-private partnership in local government history.
Labour has not done enough to stop local government's powers being sapped by Whitehall and must accept its share of the blame, the party's general secretary has admitted.
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.
