Sweeping reforms to the body that regulates doctors moved a step closer last week as the General Medical Council backed proposals to give a greater role to lay people.
Public sector bodies in Scotland will have to undergo tougher audit assessments from the autumn, following the introduction of a new code of practice by the auditor general and the Accounts...
The government got up to its old spinning tricks this week when Education Secretary Estelle Morris re-announced the creation of 45,000 childcare places for deprived neighbourhoods.
The council of riot-torn Oldham is being forced to slash services or raise council tax rates by as much as 20% to limit the damage that overspending is inflicting on its financial reserves.
Pressure to reduce operation waiting times is forcing consultants to treat non-urgent patients at the expense of those needing more serious surgery, the National Audit Office has confirmed.
Final contracts that would allow the private sector preferred bidders to begin work on London Underground's deep Tube lines could be delayed by a further six months until next spring.
The Queen's golden jubilee next year will give 20 towns across Britain the chance to compete for the coveted status of cities, the government has announced.
Pilot schemes to test methods of electronic voting will be set up in time for the 2002 local elections in an effort to encourage disenchanted voters to re-engage with politics.
This week's damning report into the deaths of children at the Bristol Royal Infirmary is the first of four inquiries into the health service's handling of complaints against doctors.
The simmering hostility between the trade unions and the government over the 'privatisation' of the public sector broke out into open warfare this week.
The GMB, the country's fourth largest union...
In what has been described as a 'near revolutionary' step, the government has reopened the debate on the unfunded police and fire pension schemes and raised the possibility of meeting pension costs...
Seven of the leading professional associations in local government have agreed a set of principles in response to Prime Minister Tony Blair's 'reform or bust' speech this week.
The prospect of a protracted legal battle over the future of the Tube grew this week after Ken Livingstone admitted he was likely to appeal if the High Court kicked out his bid to stop the government...
The mother of all parliaments is having a difficult time with some of her more unruly offspring.
Rebellious MPs are defying parental authority and, echoing the cry of teenagers everywhere,...
The Strategic Rail Authority must set 'more demanding' targets for improvements when its strategic plan for the railways is published in the autumn, the Commons Public Accounts Committee has demanded...
Nurses and health care assistants involved in pioneering work on aromatherapy, horticultural therapy and coronary care for Asian women have been recognised in the first Prince of Wales Awards for...
The government is to push ahead with plans for school reform despite stalling its much-trailed education white paper because of concerns about privatisation and the contentious issue of single-faith...
