The government's plan to introduce three-year allocations to English primary care trusts and earmark less of the cash is a 'step in the right direction', NHS managers said last week.
Teachers' leaders have blamed rising levels of sickness among classroom staff in England on the increasing pressures they face, and claim they point to a wider problem in the profession.
The first national strike by council workers in 23 years has been pencilled in for July 17 as the local government pay dispute grew increasingly bitter this week.
The government is understood to be considering creating a Department for Devolution in the wake of this week's rushed dissolution of the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions.
Public Service Agreements should be expanded to cover the proposed regional assemblies, to give them more freedom to target resources at regional priorities, England's most senior local government...
Rising costs are behind a government attempt to renege on a two-year-old deal to improve hospital accommodation for junior doctors, the British Medical Association claimed this week.
Forty per cent of local authorities have not drawn up an anti-racism strategy, the Audit Commission has revealed just days before a government deadline expired.
External hit squads could be sent into the worst social services departments if they do not improve by November, the Department of Health confirmed this week.
Social services across the country are heading for meltdown, Unison warned this week after a report revealed social workers as the lowest-paid professional group in local government.
Images of Royal Navy warships intercepting people-traffickers in the Mediterranean and televised bulk deportations of rejected refugees in RAF transport planes are bound to trigger a reaction,...
The Office of Government Commerce should be given responsibility for overseeing procurement by the NHS and the Ministry of Defence, according to an influential committee of MPs.
As question marks hung over the government's transport policy, Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott hit back at Labour's critics in the Commons' transport select committee.
The British Red Cross has accused the government of ignoring its concerns over plans to accommodate asylum seekers in three out-of-town centres, which the charity believes will condemn refugees to an...
Councils hoping to establish a better system for funding education authorities have failed to endorse a new model for redistributing the available money.
The modernised NHS will be built on 'very flaky foundations' if the government does not allow managers to divert more cash into propping up basic health services, NHS Confederation chief executive...
The government's 'carrot and stick' approach to improving the NHS may hinder attempts to reform the service and reduce the impact of the extra £40bn promised in the Budget, according to influential...
Local government minister Nick Raynsford is adamant that Labour's electronic voting initiatives will induce a long-term improvement in electoral turnouts, despite a new report that raises question...
