Unison, Scotland's largest public service union, has launched an attack on the Scottish Executive's plans to introduce competition to the water industry
A cross-party committee of MPs has slammed Railtrack's management of the rail network and castigated its 'totally inadequate' supervision of safety procedures in a damning report published on...
Trade union demands for a £1,000 pay rise for every council employee in England and Wales would cost local authorities £800m per year, according to their representative body.
The Scottish Executive has pledged to improve its budget process following a report by an influential committee of MSPs voicing 'serious concern' over the arrangements for the scrutiny of spending...
A registered social landlord placed under supervision by the Housing Corporation is being provided with an overdraft guarantee to protect tenants while it seeks a new partner.
An extra 39,000 recruits will be needed to meet the government's target of a net gain of 20,000 nurses in England by 2004, the Royal College of Nursing said this week.
Scotland's top public servant, Muir Russell, will not face sanctions despite a highly critical report from the audit committee, the Scottish Executive said this week.
The new head of the NHS Executive said this week that he aims to create a single health service, breaking down the barriers between public health, social services and the NHS.
The Business Improvement District (Bid) approach, which uses levies on businesses to transform derelict neighbourhoods across the US, will take a step closer to becoming part of the British...
Departing NHS finance director Colin Reeves has urged health authorities to spend the extra cash they have been given in the current financial year as a 'necessary first step in making the NHS Plan a...
Local authorities should not use excess demand for social housing as an excuse for denying choice to their tenants, housing minister Nick Raynsford said this week.
On December 11, managers at the London Borough of Hackney will learn whether the current crisis caused by a gaping hole in the budget will be compounded by a mass walkout of council staff.
The chairman of the Commons Public Accounts Committee has launched a scathing attack on the Ministry of Defence for 'wasting' £60m on modifications after accepting sub-standard equipment from...
Public services in rural areas, including education, social care, transport and post offices, face an annual audit to ensure they are meeting minimum performance targets.
The controversial Pimlico School PFI scheme has finally collapsed in ignominy. At a meeting on November 27, the school governors rejected the scheme by a vote of ten to seven, ending more than five...
