After months of delays, the much-heralded Local Government Pay Commission was finally unveiled this week amid claims by trade unions and councils that the 'other side' was expecting too much from...
Pharmacists are keen to develop their services to patients but are not receiving adequate support from primary care trusts, the King's Fund said this week.
CBI focuses on needs of 'Joe Public'
Putting the consumer first was the focus of a new approach to public-private partnerships enshrined in the Confederation of British Industry's much-heralded '...
NHS hospitals in the north of England provide better care for their patients than their counterparts in the south, according to the health service's own watchdog.
The two largest classroom teaching unions went on a one-day strike in London this week over their demand for an increased allowance to cover the cost of living in the capital.
The government's use of public sector targets often referred to as 'targetitis' should reflect 'meaningful outcomes for those using and providing services', the chair of the Local Government...
Top-performing authorities will be exempted from ringfenced funding as part of the package of freedoms and flexibilities finally unveiled by ministers this week.
The reorganisation of health services in Wales will improve co-operation between the NHS and councils, the Welsh Assembly's minister for health and social services claimed this week.
Westminster City Council's record-breaking £224m outsourcing contract for street cleaning, announced last week, could have been run in-house for £4m a year less than the annual £32m it will cost...
A 'spasm of anti-centralism' since Labour came to power has threatened universal standards and equality of access to public services, according to a Left-wing think tank.
The prime minister has pledged that all primary and secondary schools will have high-speed Internet access by 2006 as part of a £6bn information technology spend over the next three years.
Home Secretary David Blunkett this week played down claims that he is creating a national police force, despite unveiling centrally determined priorities for local forces.
Further education colleges are to receive an extra £1.2bn in funding over the next three years but resources will be dependent on reaching performance targets, Education Secretary Charles Clarke...
The Comprehensive Performance Assessment is the 'model of the future' for inspecting and improving public services, the new chair of the Audit Commission has said.
Private developers cannot be relied upon to build the thousands of affordable homes needed in the Southeast and other parts of England, housing professionals were told this week.
The Department for Education and Skills has attempted to defuse the growing row over top-up fees for university students by publishing a consultation document hinting that a graduate tax may be a...
The NHS is facing a 'worrying' shortage of GPs following an increase in the number of vacancies over the last year, a doctors' leader warned this week.
The part-privatisation of Britain's air traffic services became an 'appalling mess' because the government failed adequately to test the financial durability of the project, MPs claimed this week.
NHS trusts that are developing Private Finance Initiative projects should not place 'undue emphasis' on demonstrating savings against a Treasury-funded project, the National Audit Office said this...
