Embattled National Health Service managers faced another dose of bitter medicine this week as they were accused of being their own worst enemies when it comes to change.
In a move designed to boost public confidence in figures published by the government, an independent Statistics Commission, appointed by Chancellor Gordon Brown, has been set up to scrutinise the...
Tameside local education authority this week received a yellow card from schools' inspectorate Ofsted and was told to put its house in order or face further action.
Controversial plans to boost funding for conservation work in the Lake District including finding sponsors for mountain ranges such as the Helvellyn massif and lakes such as Windermere were...
Sinn Fein captured its first mayorship in Northern Ireland this week when former IRA prisoner Cathal Crumley became mayor of the City of Derry Council.
Plans to eliminate a £1.5m deficit at a Northern Irish NHS trust have been rejected by its local health board, which is unhappy with proposed cuts in services.
Local authorities in northern England are counting the cost of massive clean-up operations following serious flooding last weekend. The bill may come to as much as £15m, according to some estimates.
Asylum seekers must be offered more than just a roof over their heads in the provinces if the government's new dispersal policy is to prove successful, according to an Audit Commission report,...
Scottish finance minister Jack McConnell this week rejected claims by the Scottish National Party that Scotland is losing out on millions of pounds because of the way European Union structural funds...
Chief inspector of schools Chris Woodhead has dismissed calls from a teachers' union leader for an end to the 'Spanish Inquisition' of schools' inspections.
Local authorities have reacted angrily to yet another attempt to sideline them in favour of more centralised control, this time over care of the elderly and the disabled.
Lack of autonomy in the classroom and increasing bureaucracy are contributing to soaring stress levels among teachers, with record numbers wanting to leave the profession, according to a report from...
The Department of Health will for the first time draw up statutory guidance for council social services departments on charging for home care services, health minister John Hutton revealed this week.
The government insisted this week that it would 'no longer tolerate failure' in public sector information technology projects and that the current 'blame culture' had to be replaced by a more...
The Local Government Association commission examining the school year has heard that redistributing holidays more evenly and having an increased number of shorter terms could cut absence levels among...
