Councils have been placed at the forefront of transforming run-down city centres in the biggest shake-up in British urban regeneration policies for almost 25 years.
Confusion still surrounds the delayed launch of the government's Citizens' Portal, aimed at providing a single electronic entry point to all public services.
Customs and Excise is losing up to £100m a year in lost revenue because of illegal betting and could forfeit as much or more again if the trend towards Internet and offshore betting continues,...
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has bowed to pressure from local government and announced reforms to the Bellwin formula to help embattled councils deal with the floods that have devastated much...
When Nigel Crisp was handed the BBC survey of health authorities' readiness for the winter months he must have felt lucky to start his first day as English NHS chief executive with a good news story.
An audacious plan by Halton Borough Council in Cheshire to move one of England's greatest sporting landmarks Wembley's Twin Towers from London to the north west has ended in failure, sparking an...
The privatisation of the national rail network has created a huge conflict between performance incentives and safety and is placing untold pressure on the industry, Railtrack chief executive Gerald...
Smaller shire councils have been promised they will not be excluded from next year's housing stock transfer programme by larger urban authorities hoping to offload tens of thousands of homes.
Former deputy justice minister Angus MacKay was the big winner in the Scottish Cabinet reshuffle carried out by First Minister Henry McLeish this week.
Scotland's permanent secretary, Muir Russell, has stressed the impartiality of the Civil Service following a row over the first minister's proposals to improve links between Labour backbench MSPs and...
Chancellor Gordon Brown's bid to encourage the private and voluntary sectors to invest up to £1bn in deprived areas will be one of the key planks of his pre-Budget report on November 8.
The London Borough of Hackney is in the throes of another financial crisis after the borough treasurer issued a formal warning that the authority is facing a massive budget deficit.
Northern Ireland's first home-grown budget in 29 years proffers a substantial increase in spending on the health service in the province and a boost for agriculture and rural development.
Large parts of the public sector have failed to engage with their customers on the Internet, and will not succeed with e-government targets unless they join together to get better deals, a leading...
Efforts to minimise pressure on the health service this winter went up a gear this week as leading figures warned that the NHS faces a tough three months.
Senior doctors thought they saw the light at the end of the tunnel when Prime Minister Tony Blair, addressing the Royal College of Surgeons of England's bicentennial conference on October 16, seemed...
Nearly half of English councils have increased their rents by more than the government's recommended level, according to a Local Government Association report.
The chair of the body set up to examine how contracts are awarded under Best Value has reassured local authorities they will not have new regulations forced on them.
