Senior backbench MPs have condemned the Department for Culture, Media and Sport for secrecy and obfuscation over its handling of the crisis-ridden Millennium Dome project.
Industrial action by tax officials is threatening to throw the Inland Revenue into chaos as the deadline for 9 million self-assessment tax returns passes this week
Senior mandarins are increasingly confident of heading off the unwelcome spectre of a business leader being imposed as civil service chief when Sir Richard Wilson retires in August.
Agriculture Secretary Margaret Beckett will try to convince angry farmers this week that government proposals for wholesale change are the only way ahead for an industry that is in freefall.
Local government employers have slated the trade unions' pay demand and warned that it could make many authorities' in-house services too expensive to run.
Scottish health unions have called for an investigation into a possible link between poor hygiene practices in hospitals and the rapid spread of a stomach virus across Scottish wards.
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The postal services regulator must ensure that opening the industry to competition does not spell the end of a universal post service, the National Audit Office has warned.
The Commons' Public Accounts Committee this week praised the Department of Trade and Industry for its 'innovative' joint venture with the private sector to provide radio services overseas.
Capita Business Services is in line to win a controversial £1bn outsourcing contract from Westminster Council but fears are growing over the number of job cuts involved in the deal.
The education and skills select committee is considering an investigation into the disgraced examination board Edexcel after a catalogue of errors left Education Secretary Estelle Morris 'fuming'.
A housing association that paid £1,000 to a man who unsuccessfully applied to work as a sheltered housing manager has warned that the case could lead to tenants having less say over the management of...
Birmingham looks likely to face a referendum on a directly elected mayor in the autumn as ministers prepare to flex their political muscle against England's second city and force a vote.
Efforts by local authorities to prepare for the euro have almost ground to a halt, with councils blaming government dithering over the new currency, which came into use in 12 European countries on...
Politicians should hand over the day-to-day running of the NHS to an arm's length corporation, according to a report from the health think-tank, the King's Fund.
The Ministry of Defence and the Inland Revenue are facing a payout of millions of pounds to army war veterans after wrongly deducting tax from disability pensions for the past 50 years.
MPs this week expressed their dismay at the government's failure to replace the flawed Individual Learning Account (ILA) programme with a workable alternative.
The 24-hour health service helpline NHS Direct has 'saved' up to £50m a year by reducing the pressure on GPs and casualty departments, the National Audit Office said this week.
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has outlined the government's revised strategy for tackling the 'cruel shambles' of public services in the poorest communities.
NHS managers gave a qualified welcome to this week's announcement giving greater independence to the best trusts but remained sceptical over Alan Milburn's masterplan for a brave new world in the...
