Union boss pledges civil service fightback
Press Review 28 January 2003
Boateng sets out 'new localism'
News Article 23 January 2003
Paul Boateng has set out the government's belief that public services cannot be run from Whitehall but must be delivered by a "new localism".
Downing Street welcomes new foreign policy adviser
Press Review 22 January 2003
Home Office letters go unanswered
Press Review 22 January 2003
'Control freaky' Whitehall attacked
Press Review 17 January 2003
More freedom for public services
Press Review 17 January 2003
Spin to be reviewed
Press Review 17 January 2003
Peers call for cabinet downsizing
News Article 15 January 2003
Helen Liddell and Peter Hain have rejected a call by peers for their cabinet positions to be scrapped.
Whitehall consultants cost £1bn
Press Review 14 January 2003
Treasury 'missing its own delivery targets'
Press Review 13 January 2003
Beckett orders out failing mandarins
Press Review 13 January 2003
Speaker attacks spin doctor use
News Article 2 January 2003
Speaker of the House of Commons, Michael Martin, has attacked ministers' use of spin doctors, claiming them to be a "nuisance."
'Delivery unit' moves to Treasury
Press Review 31 December 2002
Whitehall failing to publish delivery assessments
News Article 23 December 2002
Michael Howard has written to the chancellor asking why several key Whitehall department have failed to publish performance targets.
Davis demands independent code of conduct
News Article 10 December 2002
The prime minister should lose the power to sit as judge and jury on the ministerial code of conduct, the opposition demanded today.