Local authorities will require a centralised strategy to ensure that net zero commitments are met, and councils are not forced to “go it alone”, according to a senior peer.
Local authorities who have applied for greater financial flexibilities to help balance their books could be waiting in limbo until September to receive confirmation, a senior civil servant said this...
A new inquiry launched by Parliament's Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee will investigate how Covid-19 has impacted the adult social care sector.
The government is considering whether a “system leader” could oversee local government audit in the future, after it rejected the Redmond review’s proposal of a statutory body.
MPs will assess the impact of a single-year spending review on councils’ long-term delivery of services as part of an inquiry into the spending review and local government finance.
Communities secretary Robert Jenrick has promised to lobby the Treasury “very strongly” to ensure councils receive the funding they need at the Comprehensive Spending Review.
