Children placed in bed and breakfast accommodation because their family is homeless are missing out on important health checks, the government told local authorities this week.
Local authorities need to address the failings rampant in the administration of housing benefit as poor management is causing hardship for claimants, according to the Audit Commission.
The political future of Scottish First Minister Henry McLeish was under threat this week as a police investigation began into what he called an 'error' over income received from a tenant for space...
Pressure is mounting on the Treasury to come clean on how public spending is officially defined in the wake of the Railtrack collapse and allegations that it disguised projected spending increases as...
Councils in Northern Ireland are threatening to take legal action against the soon-to-be-appointed first minister and deputy first minister if they are not consulted over nominations to Europe's...
More female consultants are receiving bonus payments from the NHS than ever before but consultants from ethnic minorities are doing less well, it emerged this week.
Ministers are preparing to force mayoral referendums in more than half a dozen councils next month as the momentum to get more London-style, directly elected leaders in place gathers pace.
Anecdotal stories of accident victims having to wait hours for treatment were effectively confirmed this week by an Audit Commission report that showed waiting times in hospital accident and...
The National Audit Office should be able to inspect private companies involved in NHS public-private partnerships as part of a tighter regulatory regime of the initiative, the King's Fund said this...
Local authority trade unions have rejected outright employers' demands to give up their right to unilateral arbitration to resolve pay talks, raising the spectre of another bitter dispute this year.
Two London boroughs are considering creating neighbourhood-level service commissioning bodies, according to the Institute for Public Policy Research which is advising them.
Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell has ordered the Performance and Innovation Unit at the Cabinet Office to conduct a review of British bids for major sporting events in an effort to avoid repeating the...
Bob Kiley, the Transport for London commissioner, has launched a bid to take control of London's overground rail commuter lines and stations in the post-Railtrack era.
Central government must invest in the voluntary sector if it wants to see more not-for-profit organisations involved in the delivery of public services, according to one of the sector's leaders.
A new 'star ratings' system is to be introduced for England's 150 social services departments, with rewards for the best performers and punishments for the worst.
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Andrew Smith has hinted that the guidelines governing public-private partnerships will be reformed to encourage more investment from the private sector.
The London Borough of Hackney's education service will be the first in the country to be run by an independent non-profitmaking trust, school standards minister Stephen Timms has announced.
The government did not impede the development of third-generation mobile phone technology by forcing operators to pay too much for licences, the National Audit Office has ruled.
