Philip Mawer, 54, the most senior aide to Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey, was approached to apply for the job of parliamentary commissioner for standards because of the poor quality of the...
Ken Livingstone has been forced to tone down his ambitious plans for London's transport network, after he reluctantly agreed a deal to save the capital's 2002/03 budget.
The government reiterated its strategy to target Class A drug users as it announced figures which, it claimed, showed early treatment for users was producing big financial savings for the criminal...
Local government minister Nick Raynsford has confirmed that councils will be allowed to invest in money market funds, as revealed two weeks ago by Public Finance .
All top-tier local authorities will be given a 'scorecard' marking their overall performance by the end of this year, under plans published by the Audit Commission.
The NHS must become a 'world-class employer' if it is to deliver the high levels of care demanded by patients, Prime Minister Tony Blair said this week.
More than half of local authorities have met the government target of putting 25% of services on-line by the start of this year, according to research published this week.
The Local Government Association has backed David Blunkett's overhaul of the asylum system in the face of grassroots criticism over plans for induction centres in rural areas.
The appointment of Mike Tomlinson to replace the combative Chris Woodhead as chief inspector of schools and head of Ofsted has brought a welcome change of tone, MPs have said.
The health service must change the way it measures performance if it is to make a success of franchising arrangements for failing trusts, the NHS Confederation has warned.
A debt-ridden telecommunications firm with Whitehall contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds is still bidding for new deals despite filing for bankruptcy protection in the US.
Further education colleges have been promised less red tape after the Learning and Skills Council announced it would simplify the system of clawing back funds.
Shire district councils this week stepped up their campaign for 'fair reform' of the local government finance system, after it emerged that the replacement for the current scheme was unlikely to...
Outsourcing specialist Capita Business Services this week claimed that it was 'naïve and not negligent' in its role in the collapse of the government's Individual Learning Accounts scheme.
Unison this week raised 'serious concerns' over the potential scope for public sector employers to push experienced staff into early retirement to save money on pensions.
The government is considering a radical change to the structure of the Local Government Pension Scheme as it seeks to reduce the rising cost of contributions from the public purse.
Local government employers are preparing themselves for the worst pay dispute 'in a decade' after negotiations with trade unions broke up without agreement this week.
