The Northeast will be the focus of the campaign for directly elected mayors, with Prime Minister Tony Blair's constituency Sedgefield confirming that it will join three other neighbouring boroughs...
The public sector procurement process is excluding small businesses and is overly skewed in favour of large and well-established firms, according to a new report.
Local authorities fear they may be excluded from crucial decision-making after housing associations dominated a government programme to provide low-cost housing for more than 11,000 key public sector...
Scottish local authorities face a major reorganisation of backroom functions such as payroll and council tax collection as ministers increase the pressure for more joined-up work between councils.
Prime Minister Tony Blair will step into the lions' den next week when he delivers an address to the annual conference of the Trades Union Congress in Brighton.
The government launched its blueprint for the future of secondary schools this week, granting ministers reserve powers to curtail failing schools while promising high performers new freedoms.
There is one way to deal with an unfavourable inspection, and that is to not publish it. Steve Brown explains how some local authorities are managing to escape being named and shamed
The long-running dispute between private care homeowners and local authorities in Scotland has ended, following an agreement to set up an independent review group to examine funding.
Prime Minister Tony Blair's e-government targets are looking increasingly shaky as councils struggle to put together plans and industry experts call for a more realistic timescale.
The government's £180bn transport plan will have no effect in tackling the gridlock on many of Britain's roads, according to a leading business think-tank.
Dame Helena Shovelton's annus horribilis came full circle this week when the government announced it would not re-employ her as chair of the Audit Commission.
Unions have given a lukewarm welcome to government plans for a £250m sweetener for teachers based in the Southeast who are priced out of jobs because of escalating property prices.
An unnamed district council has been fined £28,050 for more than 1,000 breaches of the Pensions Act in relation to information provided to local government pension scheme members.
The three government partnership directors who will help mastermind the takeover of the National Air Traffic Services by a public-private partnership have been named.
Public sector workers have emerged as the winners in a survey scrutinising the ethical investment policies of the 100 largest occupational pension schemes.
The government's attempts to increase the number of successful adoptions by setting up a national register must not obscure the needs of children, the Association of Directors of Social Services...
