The government's plans to overhaul the Best Value regime and introduce comprehensive performance assessments (CPA) have been lambasted by an influential local government policy organisation.
The Liberal Democrats have declared their support for elected regional assemblies in England as a way of ending the 'quango culture' that has taken over public life.
The spectre of further legal action hung over the London Tube public-private partnership saga this week as Mayor Ken Livingstone complained he was still being fobbed off on his demand for crucial...
London Mayor Ken Livingstone's decision this week to introduce congestion charges on the capital's crammed roads could pave the way for other big cities to follow.
Details have emerged of a spat involving the Treasury, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and sports minister Richard Caborn over the departure of Sport England's chief executive with a...
A sense of commitment among public sector managers and staff is vital if services are to continue to improve, the Public Services Productivity Panel said this week.
An investigation into the operation and winding-up of a quango set up to regenerate the Northeast of England has revealed a startling lack of government co-ordination and oversight.
The government's New Deal has had a beneficial effect on levels of youth employment and the economy in general, according to auditor general Sir John Bourn.
The local government pay talks were hanging in the balance this week, with both sides refusing to yield an inch as the final scheduled meeting got under way.
London boroughs could lose up to £250m in central government support each year unless the council tax system is fundamentally overhauled, Public Finance has learned.
Unison this week urged the government to delay the introduction of a controversial accounting standard that it said would cause 'chaos and losses' to pension funds across the public sector after...
The public sector has to come up with more imaginative ways of managing its estates and pursue new ideas to create more housing opportunities for low-paid workers, the government warned this week.
The Local Government Association and ministers are to agree a set of shared priorities for service delivery that will act as a 'coherent framework' governing councils' activities.
The Greater London Authority's Labour-led transport operations scrutiny committee has castigated Mayor Ken Livingstone for spending too much time opposing the part-privatisation of the Tube, while...
A report released by Incomes Data Services has predicted that public employees' salaries will rise faster than that of their private sector counterparts during 2002.
An influential group of public sector leaders has thrown down the gauntlet to Tony Blair and demanded that he defend frontline workers from attacks on their professionalism.
