The governing councils of three of the six main accountancy institutes have agreed 'in principle' to a merger that could create a new body of more than 200,000 members.
Regeneration minister Lord Rooker this week urged councils to work with the neighbourhood renewal agenda, after MPs said an atmosphere of 'mistrust and tension' was frustrating progress.
'Gross exaggeration and political criticism' has led the public to believe that only half of NHS staff are directly involved in patient care, while the real figure is 84%, Britain's biggest union has...
Scottish Water remains less efficient than the privatised companies in England and Wales, despite progress over the past two years, MSPs have been told.
As councils prepare for ministerial pronouncements on the implementation of the Gershon agenda, Unison, Britain's biggest union, has expressed fears that the target of £6.5bn of savings by 2008 could...
Local authorities believe Best Value is achieving significant improvements to services but there is still widespread dissatisfaction with the accompanying inspection regime, according to new research.
Audit Commission chief executive Steve Bundred believes CIPFA's proposed merger would help restore public confidence in the profession following a series of scandals.
Councils have made widespread use of measures introduced by the Department for Work and Pensions to simplify housing benefit and improve anti-fraud measures.
Chancellor Gordon Brown could be on a collision course with his own civil servants over possible modifications to performance-related pay deals, described by unions this week as 'radical and crude'.
Vulnerable older people will be able to access benefits and services through a single point of contact under a 'quiet revolution' unveiled by the government this week.
Trades Union Congress leader Brendan Barber has urged ministers to consider alternatives to slashing council workers' pension pots before proceeding with an overhaul of town hall retirement schemes...
Opposition to the Treasury's proposed cull of civil service staff will intensify at the Trades Union Congress's annual conference in Brighton next month, motions to the event indicate.
Social landlords that provide temporary accommodation have been assured that housing benefit will not be replaced with a new allowance paid directly to the tenant.
Northern Ireland's eight-month-old pay dispute looks set to linger on, following the rejection of a pay offer by the Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance (Nipsa).
Whitehall's two most influential unions clashed this week as the dispute over management at the Department for Work and Pensions escalated ahead of another 48-hour strike by staff.
Last week, Health Secretary John Reid outlined how he intends to save £500m on NHS bureaucracy by slashing the number of quangos. But the real work has only just begun.
A ban on smoking in enclosed public places would yield billions of pounds worth of economic benefits, an analysis for chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson has found.
Whitehall's ability to deliver £21.5bn-worth of savings targeted in Sir Peter Gershon's efficiency review came under renewed doubt this week following a damning report on public sector procurement.
Business leaders have warned that public sector pensions often regarded as gold standard retirement plans are not likely to be sustainable in the long term.
Government departments must stop hiding behind the cloak of commercial confidentiality so that Parliament and the public know the true cost of failing IT projects, a cross-party committee of MPs said...
Shadow chancellor Oliver Letwin has dismissed as 'absurd' claims that measurements of Whitehall productivity can be changed to reflect accurately 'value added' improvements in services.
