Chancellor George Osborne should use the upcoming Autumn Statement to increase the Discretionary Housing Payment fund, according to the Chartered Institute of Housing
Councils are backing plans to create a Scandinavian-style collective municipal bond agency, which would offer local government cheaper borrowing to fund projects such as new housing and road...
Scottish ministers have hit back at this week’s bleak Institute for Fiscal Studies scenario for independence, claiming that Scotland's control over its own economic destiny could create more than 100...
Councils should be allowed to retain powers to ensure new housing built in their areas conforms to high sustainability standards of energy efficiency and water conservation, MPs said today
Senior NHS managers will be required to pass a ‘fit and proper person’ test, the Department of Health announced today as it published its full response to the Francis report.
Security firm G4S has issued the Ministry of Justice with £23.3m in credit notes after it acknowledged it charged for monitoring electronic tags when equipment had not been fitted or had been removed
Cardiff could be handed control of £3bn in tax revenues, including powers over business rates, UK ministers said today as they accepted almost all of the recommendations of the Silk Commission on...
An independent Scotland would need to make ‘significant’ cuts in public spending, or increase taxes, in order to put its public finances on a sustainable long-term footing, the Institute for Fiscal...
Business leaders have urged Chancellor George Osborne to stick to his deficit reduction strategy despite improvements in the economy, warning that the job of cutting spending is ‘only half done’.
The chair of the County Councils Network has called on ministers to stop offering cash to authorities who freeze their council tax, warning that the policy was hurting frontline services and was ‘bad...
Economic growth and quality of life in a host of regional cities is outstripping London as the capital ‘pays the price’ due to its problems with transport congestion, housing affordability and income...
The merger of Scotland’s eight police forces into one national service faces ‘significant challenges’ if it is to secure the £1.1bn worth of savings expected from the reform, auditors have warned.
Unemployment fell below 2.5 million in the three months between July and September, figures from the Office for National Statistics have revealed today.
Almost 10,000 jobs will be supported by the government’s investment in road building and improvement next year, the Department for Transport has announced today.
Councils should be handed powers to force private landlords to crack down on anti-social behaviour caused by their tenants, the Local Government Association has said.
Policy making by public bodies in Scotland should be opened up to a much more representative cross-section of the population, according to a report commissioned by the Left-leaning Jimmy Reid...
Planning minister Nick Boles has insisted that councils must provide an efficient planning service as he announced the first decision to strip a local authority of its ability to take major decisions.
Prime Minister David Cameron has said the government’s Help to Buy programme is helping a new generation onto the housing ladder after it was revealed more than 2,000 people have put in offers on...
