Patrick Carter, the businessman turned sporting power broker, has criticised Britain's ad hoc approach to hosting sporting events and called for the creation of a body to co-ordinate bidding strategy...
Local government minister Nick Raynsford has dashed local authorities' hopes of early legislation giving them the freedom to borrow money for capital projects.
Councils' ability to respond to emergencies in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the US is being undermined by a lack of government funding, officials claim.
GPs have increased the pressure on the government and NHS employers by threatening to hand in their notice if their new contract does not increase pensions and cut workloads.
European Commission vice-president Neil Kinnock has called on the European Parliament and the European Union's Council of Ministers to introduce legislation quickly to put in place his reform...
English local authorities are demanding a substantial increase in next year's finance settlement if they are to avert major service cuts and huge hikes in council tax.
The outgoing chairman of the Strategic Rail Authority, Sir Alastair Morton, has told MPs that the government should seize on the demise of Railtrack as an opportunity to restructure fundamentally...
Public services were firmly back at the top of the political agenda this week as the Commons Public Administration Select Committee announced a full inquiry into the government's reform programme.
Public-private partnerships could supplant full-scale privatisation as the policy of the future following Railtrack's demise, a conference in Dublin was told this week.
Shadow local government secretary Theresa May has pledged that a future Conservative administration would scrap the Government Offices for the Regions and hand their powers back to local authorities.
The Audit Commission this week unveiled a new, less damning scoring system for its Best Value inspections regime after a plethora of complaints from councils and a two-month consultation exercise.
Scotland's controller of audit has rounded on Scottish Borders Council for serious financial management weaknesses which led to a £3.9m overspend in education services.
As the prime minister embarks on his mission to change the world, it seems appropriate that his junior colleagues are left with the more mundane task of reconstructing Britain.
A £300m, two-year cash injection that will be paid directly to local authorities will go some way to relieving bed blocking, the Local Government Association said this week.
Milton Keynes Council and Northamptonshire County Council were this week pushing the boundaries of strategic partnerships after agreeing a short-list of private companies to merge their support...
Elderly people in Northern Ireland are in despair at the loss of home help services as the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety tries to cope with a £120m deficit, claims Unison,...
The future of the Public Private Partnership Programme, local government's advisory agency, was thrown into doubt this week with the departure of its chief executive.
Ministers should take account of local factors before dismissing chief executives of failing NHS trusts, according to a public sector management expert.
