The Treasury has sparked a 'beauty contest' between NHS watchdogs after it suggested that their functions may be merged into a new health service regulator.
Local government minister Nick Raynsford this week announced the latest batch of councils to be awarded Beacon status for their excellence in delivering public services.
The government took the unusual step of publishing an implementation plan for the local government white paper this week but failed to commit itself to a legislative timetable for reforms.
The government's programme of transferring council homes to registered social landlords suffered a major setback this week when tenants in Birmingham rejected a transfer proposed by their local...
Audit Scotland this week raised serious concerns over a string of poorly managed borrowing, purchasing and outsourcing arrangements by councils north of the border.
Local authorities in Wales have a poor record on employing senior female staff and people from ethnic minorities, while service standards still show huge disparities, according to a compendium of...
Debts of up to £500m inherited by English primary care trusts should be written off by the government, an influential group of NHS professionals has said.
Thirty-three finalists have now been chosen by the judges of the Public Servants of the Year Awards to go forward to the final ceremony in London next month.
Senior local government officials are uniting to persuade ministers to guarantee 'adequate consultation' on their plans to reform the system of grant distribution, Public Finance has learned.
New powers to make it easier for social landlords to evict unruly tenants have been proposed by the government in a new attempt to tackle antisocial behaviour.
Private sector firms could be discouraged from bidding for future detention centre contracts in the wake of this week's Yarl's Wood insurance debacle, according to the underwriter involved.
Westminster City Council this week announced that a controversial £1bn-a-year contract to run a multi-departmental call centre is likely to be awarded to Vertex SW1, after Capita Business Services'...
A severe backlog at the new Criminal Records Bureau is adding to the recruitment crisis in local government, with crucial social services and education appointments reportedly held up in an '...
Councils that set up more than one new registered social landlord to accommodate large stock transfers have been warned against creating over-complex group structures.
Stephen Byers has intervened to end six months of stalemate in the Best Value review he initiated, imposing his own solution to the two-tier workforce problem.
