Tony Blair's deteriorating relationship with public sector unions will be tested at a 'potentially explosive' Trades Union Congress this autumn, after union leaders promised to confront Labour over...
Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council is waiting to learn if the inquiry by police and health officials into the outbreak of legionnaires' disease in the Cumbrian town will point the finger of blame at...
Local authorities should push ahead with rapid adoption of the controversial accounting rule FRS17 or face a separate standard that could unveil £2bn of pension fund liabilities across the UK,...
The Criminal Records Bureau will continue outsourcing work to a call centre in India for the 'foreseeable future', despite clearing its 50,000 backlog in criminal record checks.
The local government pay dispute edged tentatively towards a resolution this week, after the employers indicated they may raise their 3% offer to 4.1% - but only for some staff.
An end to the protracted negotiations on the new NHS pay structure may be in sight this week after an improved offer persuaded the Royal College of Nursing to stay in the talks.
Nick Raynsford has overridden the Audit Commission's advice and given Kingston upon Hull City Council one final chance to tackle its problems before intervening in the crisis-hit authority.
Local authority leaders have denounced as 'unnecessary and cruel' the provision in a Home Office Bill that will ban councils from assisting destitute asylum seekers.
With a US-led assault on Iraq widely predicted for later this year, a report published this week reveals that the UK's armed forces may be unprepared for the conditions they would experience if the...
The government is needlessly 'going through the motions' with its formal consultation on regional government announced this week and should press ahead with referendums in areas with clear support,...
The government has moved to tackle bed-blocking with a series of measures designed to make social services more responsive, increase the number of available care home beds and allow more old people...
Local government minister Nick Raynsford faces new arguments over the government's code of practice on the two-tier workforce after the long-awaited draft was published this week.
A £15m rescue fund is being set up to help black and minority ethnic (BME) housing associations that face serious financial problems because of rent restructuring.
UK companies will be required to grant their audit committees more powers, including a final say over which accounting firm they employ, under an industry-wide code of practice being considered by...
Talks have begun over the future of the Housing Corporation after Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott announced that new regional bodies will become responsible for housing investment across England...
Treasury guidance used to judge the value for money of Private Finance Initiative schemes is to be reformed in a drive to ensure 'more robust' government spending decisions.
Milton Keynes Council and Northamptonshire County Council have voted to press on with a joint £400m public-private partnership, despite fears over the future of one of the bidding companies.
Hospitals across England are responding to the introduction of NHS performance ratings by 'raising their game', although there is still room for improvement, Health Secretary Alan Milburn said this...
MPs have slated the government for reneging on its promise to liberate councils from Whitehall control and demanded a 'major reappraisal' of the draft bill intended to deliver new freedoms.
