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...
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 Inland Revenue has been forced to take cost-cutting measures because of a mistake by officials in the department's spending submission to the Treasury, according to Whitehall sources.
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.
