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25 Sep 13
One third of district councils raised more money from charges than from council tax in 2011/12, the Audit Commission has said
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24 Sep 13
Ed Miliband has committed the next Labour government to cutting business rates in order to boost the small firms that he said were vital to the future of the economy.
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23 Sep 13
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has asked the Office for Budget Responsibility to examine Labour’s spending plans ahead of the next general election to assess their affordability
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19 Sep 13
Cuts to the money county councils receive from the government’s New Homes Bonus will hit the delivery of vital infrastructure projects such as rural broadband and transport schemes, ministers have...
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11 Sep 13
The number of people working in local government fell by nearly 50,000 in the second quarter of 2013, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics today.
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6 Sep 13
Councils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have had to ‘scramble’ to avoid breaking the law through paying workers less than the National Minimum Wage when it is increased next month, trade...
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3 Sep 13
A ‘culture of fear’ has taken hold in the Border Force since last year’s controversy over how to manage queues at passport control points, a National Audit Office report has said.
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28 Aug 13
The rate of staff cuts being made across Whitehall will need to increase if the government is to meet its target for headcount reductions by 2015, the Institute for Government said today.
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23 Aug 13
The Treasury is to increase the size of the Coastal Communities Fund by 5% to £29m next year, it announced today.
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19 Aug 13
The London borough of Camden has called on the government to allow double council tax to be charged on empty and unoccupied homes.
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15 Aug 13
The leader of the UK’s largest local authority has today urged the National Audit Office to investigate the government’s handling of its funding of councils.
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7 Aug 13
The government has made misleading claims about the impact of spending cuts on local authorities, burying their true scale in an opaque technical process, according to the Local Government...
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5 Aug 13
Public and voluntary sector employers are more likely to use zero hours contracts than those in the private sector, according to research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
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29 Jul 13
The government is making public a database showing how Whitehall departments spend their money.
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26 Jul 13
An independent report into behaviour at the Care Quality Commission has found ‘worrying levels of perceived bullying at all levels in the culture’ of the organisation and suggested that the problem...
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23 Jul 13
Local government finance settlements are ‘deeply unfair’ to rural communities, according to MPs.
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22 Jul 13
Councils face constraints on their ability to reform and improve local public services despite town halls being given a general power of competence, the Local Government Association has said.
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18 Jul 13
The government has been urged to slow down plans to expand outsourcing of public services after the Institute for Government warned that Whitehall lacks the skills to manage such deals.
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10 Jul 13
Labour is set to announce proposals to revamp Local Enterprise Partnerships across England to improve their ability to help deliver economic growth, shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna has...
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8 Jul 13
The National Audit Office has said it is unable to verify £10bn of government savings claimed by the Cabinet Office in the 2012/13 financial year due to uncertainties in the data used by departments...
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3 Jul 13
Six Labour-dominated councils are to develop schemes to fully integrate health and social care services as part of the party’s plans to devise a ‘new settlement’ for the NHS, shadow health secretary...
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3 Jul 13
Work has started on a public project financed under Scotland's non-profit funding model after the deal to build the £47m Inverness College was struck in record time.
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28 Jun 13
The Treasury is to increase its scrutiny of a host of public and private sector infrastructure projects to help get the schemes under way.
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27 Jun 13
Rob Whiteman has been appointed as the new chief executive of CIPFA, the institute announced today.
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20 Jun 13
Schools in many rural, semi-rural and coastal English local authorities are failing their poorest children, Ofsted said today.
25 Sep 13One third of district councils raised more money from charges than from council tax in 2011/12, the Audit Commission has said
24 Sep 13Ed Miliband has committed the next Labour government to cutting business rates in order to boost the small firms that he said were vital to the future of the economy.
23 Sep 13Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has asked the Office for Budget Responsibility to examine Labour’s spending plans ahead of the next general election to assess their affordability
19 Sep 13Cuts to the money county councils receive from the government’s New Homes Bonus will hit the delivery of vital infrastructure projects such as rural broadband and transport schemes, ministers have...
11 Sep 13The number of people working in local government fell by nearly 50,000 in the second quarter of 2013, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics today.
6 Sep 13Councils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have had to ‘scramble’ to avoid breaking the law through paying workers less than the National Minimum Wage when it is increased next month, trade...
3 Sep 13A ‘culture of fear’ has taken hold in the Border Force since last year’s controversy over how to manage queues at passport control points, a National Audit Office report has said.
28 Aug 13The rate of staff cuts being made across Whitehall will need to increase if the government is to meet its target for headcount reductions by 2015, the Institute for Government said today.
23 Aug 13The Treasury is to increase the size of the Coastal Communities Fund by 5% to £29m next year, it announced today.
19 Aug 13The London borough of Camden has called on the government to allow double council tax to be charged on empty and unoccupied homes.
15 Aug 13The leader of the UK’s largest local authority has today urged the National Audit Office to investigate the government’s handling of its funding of councils.
7 Aug 13The government has made misleading claims about the impact of spending cuts on local authorities, burying their true scale in an opaque technical process, according to the Local Government...
5 Aug 13Public and voluntary sector employers are more likely to use zero hours contracts than those in the private sector, according to research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
29 Jul 13The government is making public a database showing how Whitehall departments spend their money.
26 Jul 13An independent report into behaviour at the Care Quality Commission has found ‘worrying levels of perceived bullying at all levels in the culture’ of the organisation and suggested that the problem...
23 Jul 13Local government finance settlements are ‘deeply unfair’ to rural communities, according to MPs.
18 Jul 13The government has been urged to slow down plans to expand outsourcing of public services after the Institute for Government warned that Whitehall lacks the skills to manage such deals.
10 Jul 13Labour is set to announce proposals to revamp Local Enterprise Partnerships across England to improve their ability to help deliver economic growth, shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna has...
3 Jul 13Six Labour-dominated councils are to develop schemes to fully integrate health and social care services as part of the party’s plans to devise a ‘new settlement’ for the NHS, shadow health secretary...
3 Jul 13Work has started on a public project financed under Scotland's non-profit funding model after the deal to build the £47m Inverness College was struck in record time.
28 Jun 13The Treasury is to increase its scrutiny of a host of public and private sector infrastructure projects to help get the schemes under way.
27 Jun 13Rob Whiteman has been appointed as the new chief executive of CIPFA, the institute announced today.
20 Jun 13Schools in many rural, semi-rural and coastal English local authorities are failing their poorest children, Ofsted said today.
