Education secretary has dropped ambitious plans to bypass local government and fund all state schools directly from Whitehall

A central element of the government's school reform plans is threatened by a Whitehall turf war, the Financial Times has learnt

Further to my earlier report on George Osborne's plans to introduce financial incentives for civil servants to save money, the shadow Treasury team and Francis Maude have just launched plans to "stop the Whitehall spending supertanker". David Cameron was present...

SERIOUS concerns have been raised in Whitehall over the legality of plans by the Scottish Government to introduce a minimum price for alcohol.

THE government has pledged to implement a series of recommendations on cuts in Whitehall after a damning report revealed departments have needlessly cost the taxpayer billions

New private sectorstyle finance directors will rein in Whitehall departments' budgets under Tory plans to curb "wasteful" Government spending.

Lord Browne is putting the finishing touches on plans to parachute senior City people on to the boards of Whitehall as the government seeks to inject some business acumen into the way its departments are run

Much excitement in the Tory supporting blogs over a report in the News of the World claiming that prescription charges are to be reintroduced in Wales. Where did the paper get this story from? A senior Whitehall source The Welsh experience over the past 10 years is that Whitehall has been unaware of devolved policies even after they have happened. A Whitehall source knowing what the Assembly is go...

David Cameron has promised a shift in power from government to the people today as Whitehall departments published business plans setting out what they intend to do and how voters can hold them accountable for it.

The independence of the civil service has "become an excuse for zero accountability", according to a hard-hitting report on Whitehall's performance.