As many plans for council restructures are considered, the evidence shows basing plans on county boundaries would bring the greatest savings and support public sector reform
Tower Hamlets council remains “some way off” from having its full powers returned following a Whitehall intervention, local government secretary Greg Clark has said.
The Local Government Association has announced that Mark Lloyd, the current chief executive at Cambridgeshire County Council, is to take its top leadership role.
CIPFA has joined with organisations including London Councils, Westminster Council and the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce to call for local government to retain more of business rates as part...
Public sector organisations like councils and colleges can do much to work with suppliers on their doorstep and stimulate local economies. In Lancashire work is underway to ‘repatriate’...
Local authorities faced some unenviable choices when Council Tax Benefit was devolved to town halls. Evidence is now emerging of the impact of the reforms.
International evidence has shown that devolution of welfare-to-work schemes to local authorities can improve services – if funding and accountability challenges can be overcome.
Extending devolution to England’s non-metropolitan areas is vital to expanding economic growth and tackling skills shortages, an expert commission has concluded.
Devolution in England could add £144bn a year to the UK economy by 2020 by handing powers and funds to local enterprise partnerships, according to a report from Localis.