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12 Apr 19
Local authority pothole cash, the army and apprenticeship figures and areas that have seen the biggest wage rises - all in the Numbers Game from the April 2019 edition of Public...
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10 Apr 19
Local authorities need some funding certainty - especially around money intended to replace EU support, says Labour’s Andrew Gwynne.
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8 Apr 19
The largest growing area of fraud being detected or prevented by councils is business rates fraud, yet this represents only a fraction of the total, says CIPFA’s Marc McAuley.
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4 Apr 19
Up to 67% of councils feel they lack the funding to meet new duties to tackle homelessness, analysis has found.
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3 Apr 19
Debate about levels of council tax is doomed to go nowhere unless we consider what we’re willing to pay for services and how, says the Local Government Information Unit’s Jonathan Carr-West.
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3 Apr 19
Today marks one year since the Homelessness Reducation Act came into force. John Glenton from The Riverside Group housing association suggests how councils can meet their duties under this act....
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2 Apr 19
Local authorities would need “appropriate funding” to hold registers for home-schooled children, an umbrella group has said.
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29 Mar 19
A man has been jailed for fraudulently claiming more than £47,000 of support intended for victims of the Grenfell Tower fire.
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28 Mar 19
Government should review the regulations that govern outsourcing but not ban private and third sector involvement altogether, a think-tank has said.
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22 Mar 19
Councils warn of a “rising threat” of modern slavery as referral rates have exploded over the past five years, data has shown.
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20 Mar 19
CIPFA is seeking views on guidance to steer local authorities through the “increasingly complex issues of public finance”.
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19 Mar 19
Council leaders have urged the government to keep funding a programme that supports families with complex problems.
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19 Mar 19
Local government employment in the UK has slumped to a record low, official figures have revealed.
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15 Mar 19
Local government services most likely to suffer from reductions in central government funding are mainly used by women, the director of the Women’s Budget Group Mary-Ann Stephenson says.
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15 Mar 19
An increasing number of local public bodies are demonstrating “significant weaknesses” in securing value for money, MPs have warned.
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8 Mar 19
After 26 years representing his constituents in parliament, Clive Betts has become a part of the Westminster furniture, but, as PF’s Dominic Brady discovers, his passion for local government is far...
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6 Mar 19
Utility firms that leave roads susceptible to potholes could be given further responsibilities to fix them, the transport secretary has said.
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6 Mar 19
The numbers of people starting apprenticeships has plummeted by 26% over the last four years, despite funding increasing by £400m since 2010, the spending watchdog has found.
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5 Mar 19
Lone parents and renters are the most likely groups to fall into arrears since local authorities were given control of council tax relief, a think-tank has found.
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4 Mar 19
Central government has gone some way towards supporting the building of social rented homes but it needs to do much more, says Chartered Institute of Housing policy advisor John Perry.
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1 Mar 19
CIPFA has appointed a Northamptonshire commissioner as associate director of local government.
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26 Feb 19
Not only has the reduced system of council tax support hit low-paid workers but it has proved remarkably ineffective as a way to raise revenue, says the IFS’ Stuart Adam and Thomas Pope.
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25 Feb 19
More than £100m of government money has been handed to private firms for Brexit planning activities since the referendum, analysis has found.
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22 Feb 19
Councillors have approved Northamptonshire County Council’s 4.99% council tax rise, the local authority has announced.
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20 Feb 19
The government should tackle child poverty before it reaches record highs and re-think its welfare cuts, a think-tank has warned.
12 Apr 19Local authority pothole cash, the army and apprenticeship figures and areas that have seen the biggest wage rises - all in the Numbers Game from the April 2019 edition of Public...
10 Apr 19Local authorities need some funding certainty - especially around money intended to replace EU support, says Labour’s Andrew Gwynne.
8 Apr 19The largest growing area of fraud being detected or prevented by councils is business rates fraud, yet this represents only a fraction of the total, says CIPFA’s Marc McAuley.
4 Apr 19Up to 67% of councils feel they lack the funding to meet new duties to tackle homelessness, analysis has found.
3 Apr 19Debate about levels of council tax is doomed to go nowhere unless we consider what we’re willing to pay for services and how, says the Local Government Information Unit’s Jonathan Carr-West.
3 Apr 19Today marks one year since the Homelessness Reducation Act came into force. John Glenton from The Riverside Group housing association suggests how councils can meet their duties under this act....
2 Apr 19Local authorities would need “appropriate funding” to hold registers for home-schooled children, an umbrella group has said.
29 Mar 19A man has been jailed for fraudulently claiming more than £47,000 of support intended for victims of the Grenfell Tower fire.
28 Mar 19Government should review the regulations that govern outsourcing but not ban private and third sector involvement altogether, a think-tank has said.
22 Mar 19Councils warn of a “rising threat” of modern slavery as referral rates have exploded over the past five years, data has shown.
20 Mar 19CIPFA is seeking views on guidance to steer local authorities through the “increasingly complex issues of public finance”.
19 Mar 19Council leaders have urged the government to keep funding a programme that supports families with complex problems.
19 Mar 19Local government employment in the UK has slumped to a record low, official figures have revealed.
15 Mar 19Local government services most likely to suffer from reductions in central government funding are mainly used by women, the director of the Women’s Budget Group Mary-Ann Stephenson says.
15 Mar 19An increasing number of local public bodies are demonstrating “significant weaknesses” in securing value for money, MPs have warned.
8 Mar 19After 26 years representing his constituents in parliament, Clive Betts has become a part of the Westminster furniture, but, as PF’s Dominic Brady discovers, his passion for local government is far...
6 Mar 19Utility firms that leave roads susceptible to potholes could be given further responsibilities to fix them, the transport secretary has said.
6 Mar 19The numbers of people starting apprenticeships has plummeted by 26% over the last four years, despite funding increasing by £400m since 2010, the spending watchdog has found.
5 Mar 19Lone parents and renters are the most likely groups to fall into arrears since local authorities were given control of council tax relief, a think-tank has found.
4 Mar 19Central government has gone some way towards supporting the building of social rented homes but it needs to do much more, says Chartered Institute of Housing policy advisor John Perry.
1 Mar 19CIPFA has appointed a Northamptonshire commissioner as associate director of local government.
26 Feb 19Not only has the reduced system of council tax support hit low-paid workers but it has proved remarkably ineffective as a way to raise revenue, says the IFS’ Stuart Adam and Thomas Pope.
25 Feb 19More than £100m of government money has been handed to private firms for Brexit planning activities since the referendum, analysis has found.
22 Feb 19Councillors have approved Northamptonshire County Council’s 4.99% council tax rise, the local authority has announced.
20 Feb 19The government should tackle child poverty before it reaches record highs and re-think its welfare cuts, a think-tank has warned.
