The row between Downing Street and the Whitehall establishment took a new turn this week when government sources claimed 'resentful' civil servants were trying to undermine the government.
A Commons' committee this week condemned the 'appalling state' of Britain's parks and open spaces and called for a revision of planning policies to overcome 'institutional obstacles' to improvements...
The government will be forced to make further payouts to prop up the National Air Traffic Services until the airlines that took a 46% stake in the part-privatised service have recovered their costs,...
Leader of the Commons Robin Cook has backed what he called the most fundamental overhaul ever of select committees. The modernisation committee, which Cook chairs, recommends limiting party...
Cannabis-based pain relief drugs could be approved for use in the NHS on prescription by 2004 or 2005 after the Department of Health this week included them in new remedies referred to the National...
English councils face the prospect of double-digit rises in council tax to fund police services after claims that David Blunkett's national policing plan is incompatible with local forces'...
Home Secretary David Blunkett's plan to beef up police forces in England and Wales by using civilian warden patrols is an impractical 'tinderbox' that will encounter legal difficulties, according to...
A report released by Incomes Data Services has predicted that public employees' salaries will rise faster than that of their private sector counterparts during 2002.
An influential group of public sector leaders has thrown down the gauntlet to Tony Blair and demanded that he defend frontline workers from attacks on their professionalism.
The new Parliamentary commissioner for standards, Philip Mawer, will work only one day a week at first, it has been revealed, renewing fears over his effectiveness.
The Victoria and Albert Museum absorbed £30.5m of government funding in 2000/01 but failed to reach its target for attracting visitors, the Commons' Public Accounts Committee has found.
Tenants will be able to transfer their local authority homes to 'community mutual' housing associations, enabling them to manage and collectively own their properties, under plans drawn up by the...
The government's attempt to banish disillusionment with Best Value by overhauling the system is 'flawed' and needs more thought, a leading local government moderniser has told Public Finance .
A debt-ridden telecommunications firm with Whitehall contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds is still bidding for new deals despite filing for bankruptcy protection in the US.
Further education colleges have been promised less red tape after the Learning and Skills Council announced it would simplify the system of clawing back funds.
Outsourcing specialist Capita Business Services this week claimed that it was 'naïve and not negligent' in its role in the collapse of the government's Individual Learning Accounts scheme.
Philip Mawer, 54, the most senior aide to Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey, was approached to apply for the job of parliamentary commissioner for standards because of the poor quality of the...
Ken Livingstone has been forced to tone down his ambitious plans for London's transport network, after he reluctantly agreed a deal to save the capital's 2002/03 budget.
Local government minister Nick Raynsford has confirmed that councils will be allowed to invest in money market funds, as revealed two weeks ago by Public Finance .
All top-tier local authorities will be given a 'scorecard' marking their overall performance by the end of this year, under plans published by the Audit Commission.
The NHS must become a 'world-class employer' if it is to deliver the high levels of care demanded by patients, Prime Minister Tony Blair said this week.
