Councils have reiterated calls for clarity on how they will be able to ensure they can continue to provide sufficient school places once all schools have converted to academies.
The government has been urged to prepare an emergency action plan to protect services if local authorities run out of money amid wholesale changes to council funding.
Abandoned shopping trolleys are a blight on the nation’s streets and waterways and supermarkets need to do more to tackle the problem, according to the Local Government Association.
Any reforms to business rates must change the process for appeals against property valuations in order to protect councils from “speculative” reviews, the Local Government Association has said today.
An analysis of local government assets by the Taxpayers Alliance has found that councils across the UK own 580 restaurants, more than 370 pubs, nearly 200 shopping centres and 174 hotels.
Promises from political parties to devolve power to local areas could double the turnout among young people in next month’s general election, a poll published by the Local Government...
Most councils that invested in the failed Icelandic bank Landsbanki have recouped the majority of the money they are due after selling their claims, the Local Government Association has said.
A Municipal Bond Agency would free up local authorities to invest in housing and other services, without adding to government debt. But some key reforms to the borrowing rules will be needed
