Cannabis-based pain relief drugs could be approved for use in the NHS on prescription by 2004 or 2005 after the Department of Health this week included them in new remedies referred to the National...
English councils face the prospect of double-digit rises in council tax to fund police services after claims that David Blunkett's national policing plan is incompatible with local forces'...
Glasgow contains the three most deprived areas in Britain, according to a study by the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) which ranks parliamentary constituencies by their levels of poverty and social...
Home Secretary David Blunkett's plan to beef up police forces in England and Wales by using civilian warden patrols is an impractical 'tinderbox' that will encounter legal difficulties, according to...
Ministers have made good their pledge to lighten the burden that Best Value places on local authorities by reducing the statutory obligations they face.
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.
A fast-track scheme to nurture future council leaders is being launched after a census of councillors confirmed that town halls are overwhelmingly populated by white, middle-class retired men.
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.
The new Parliamentary commissioner for standards, Philip Mawer, will work only one day a week at first, it has been revealed, renewing fears over his effectiveness.
The Cabinet Office was willing to give in to demands for a public inquiry into the foot and mouth crisis because officials believed a legal challenge could force the government to hold public...
Health Secretary Alan Milburn was this week told to stop tampering with the structure of the NHS and ignoring his own department's ten-year strategy to give staff more time to deliver his much...
The row between Downing Street and the Whitehall establishment took a new turn this week when government sources claimed 'resentful' civil servants were trying to undermine the government.
The Victoria and Albert Museum absorbed £30.5m of government funding in 2000/01 but failed to reach its target for attracting visitors, the Commons' Public Accounts Committee has found.
Tenants will be able to transfer their local authority homes to 'community mutual' housing associations, enabling them to manage and collectively own their properties, under plans drawn up by the...
A Commons' committee this week condemned the 'appalling state' of Britain's parks and open spaces and called for a revision of planning policies to overcome 'institutional obstacles' to improvements...
The government's attempt to banish disillusionment with Best Value by overhauling the system is 'flawed' and needs more thought, a leading local government moderniser has told Public Finance .
The government will be forced to make further payouts to prop up the National Air Traffic Services until the airlines that took a 46% stake in the part-privatised service have recovered their costs,...
Leader of the Commons Robin Cook has backed what he called the most fundamental overhaul ever of select committees. The modernisation committee, which Cook chairs, recommends limiting party...
Employers and unions are calling on the government to clarify the terms under which local authority housing staff will be expected to transfer to new arm's-length management organisations (Almos).
