The chief inspector of the National Probation Service has called for more funding to maintain the improvement in services since the national framework was introduced last year.
The Scottish Executive this week moved to counter severe criticism over its record on NHS waiting lists by buying a £37.5m private hospital and pouring £15m into an initiative to relieve bed blocking.
There may have been relief when the draft Local Government Bill published with requisite fanfare by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott last week finally emerged.
Stock transfers could become more expensive if large urban authorities are encouraged to switch their housing to a series of registered social landlords.
Department of Health officials have admitted they will have to go 'back to the drawing board' after a pilot system for reporting medical errors proved to be under-reporting mistakes.
An attempt to replicate Scotland's proposed system of free care for elderly NHS patients across the rest of the UK is likely to end in failure, Derek Wanless has warned.
International Development Secretary Clare Short threw out a challenge to accountancy bodies when she told the CIPFA annual conference that 'the future of international development is in the hands of...
The increasing influence of special advisers in government departments need not threaten the traditional role of civil servants, according to the permanent secretary at the Office of the Deputy Prime...
Moves to resolve the two-tier workforce in local government could now face a logjam after Unison members demanded a reopening of negotiations with the government this week.
As pubs and bars in England prepared for another bout of early-morning World Cup fever this week, serious doubts were raised about the ability of London's public services to cope with a more...
Labour has retained control of the Association of London Government, following a decision to divide representation of the capital's hung councils evenly between the three major parties.
Walsall Borough Council is almost certain to be the second authority to suffer direct takeover by the government after an Audit Commission report this week castigated its continuing financial...
Campaigners in Bath have brought their demands for the creation of a new unitary authority for the city to Parliament by handing in a petition signed by thousands of residents.
