The new chief inspector of English schools this week promised teachers 'evolution, not revolution' in inspection, but warned that they will be subject to closer scrutiny than ever in the pursuit of...
Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell has given the Football Association extra time to finalise its £715m package deal with a German bank to rebuild Wembley as a national stadium.
The National Lottery Commission's inadequate powers, lack of contingency plans and excessive constraints on bidding contributed to the debacle over the licence to run the competition, an auditors'...
The teaching unions' campaign for a 35-hour working week was dealt a blow on May 8 when the School Teachers' Review Body refused to impose a cap on working hours.
The Northern Ireland Executive's financial crisis has been alleviated by a £200m settlement from the Treasury, along with the gift of defunct security installations and new borrowing powers that...
Claims that Downing Street could halt future mayoral elections because of fears they might lead to increasing support for neo-Nazi parties and other fringe candidates were dismissed this week.
Union leaders have opened another front in the local government pay dispute, writing to new administrations to urge them to 'look after the interests' of staff.
A £90m Private Finance Initiative scheme for schools in Newcastle was this week heralded as 'the future of local service provision in the region', after a historic agreement extended workers'...
Further education colleges claim to have lost at least £1.4m as a direct result of the government's sudden decision last November to wind up a scheme designed to encourage lifelong learning.
District Audit, the biggest supplier of accounting information to the Audit Commission, has uncovered £40m of public sector fraud in 2000/01, according to its annual report.
The announcement of a general election in the Irish Republic has been marked by a radical manifesto proposal from the ruling Fianna Fail party to combine major infrastructural investment with off-...
Local government leaders are demanding an urgent meeting with the government to clarify the effects that a World Trade Organisation agreement will have on local authorities.
Londoners are counting the cost of the Metropolitan Police's tough approach to policing this year's May Day protests, following the deployment of an 'unprecedented' 6,000 officers on the streets.
The Department of Health has paved the way for a rapid increase in the number of managers in Primary Care Trusts this week after they were given the freedom to spend what they need on management.
Schools in England's most crime-ridden areas are being offered their own personal police officers as part of the government's latest initiative to cut down on truancy and anti-social behaviour.
Sir Andrew Turnbull, the newly appointed head of the civil service, can take on his job with supreme confidence in one area. It seems everybody likes him.
Improvements in the health service must go hand in hand with higher pay for NHS staff, Unison general secretary Dave Prentis warned the government this week.
MPs this week demanded an investigation into one of the world's biggest tobacco companies, after being told that some firms are not co-operating with customs officials in the fight against the multi-...
