Around 3.5 million people live in local authorities with no active provider of civil legal aid, according to analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Local authorities in England dealt with more than 1.26 million fly-tipping incidents during 2024-25, although the full scale of the problem is likely to be considerably higher due to incidents on...
County councils have claimed that local government reorganisation plans pose a “significant risk” to essential services, and are more costly, less stable and less effective than the current system.
As Britain seeks out new opportunities for turbocharging economic growth, Peter Ware, partner and head of government at UK and Ireland law firm Browne Jacobson, argues that we need to turn our...
Ministers should boost devolution plans to give local authorities beyond the metro bubble more powers as top-down control from Whitehall “may stifle genuine regional autonomy”, a think-tank has...
Devolution and the shift to empower regions is paving the way for a greater focus on prevention as a way to transform public services, according to the Re:State think-tank.
The re-elected leader of Hampshire County Council has said that it is to pursue a judicial review of the local government reorganisation outcome after confirming its new administration and cabinet...
The government has announced measures to ensure local public services are meeting clear expectations tailored to what local people need, which it described as part of a wider drive to shift power...
The newly elected Reform UK leader of Essex County Council has initiated legal proceedings against the government over the county’s local government reorganisation decision.
A consultation on the details of the new high value council tax surcharge has been launched with the government pledging to make the system fairer for households.
Councils preparing for local government reorganisation must bring their people with them during the transformation so they can start delivering from day one with renewed purpose and confidence,...
Local government bodies have cautiously welcomed reforms included in this week’s King’s speech, while warning that maintaining momentum on change will be the key to their success.
Stability and effective governance will be needed to navigate the huge political upheaval following last week’s local and devolved elections as a raft of new politicians take up their seats, CIPFA...
The government has committed an additional £1m to help tackle antisemitism and support Jewish communities, following an “alarming” rise in antisemitism since the start of the US and Israel’s war with...
An inquiry will look at what fiscal devolution could achieve in England, with a house of lords committee set to explore the chancellor’s promised roadmap to give regional leaders more control of...
A longstanding dispute over equal pay for school workers across Sheffield has reached a significant milestone with settlement agreements set to be paid.
A 35-year exemption for newly built social housing, increased eligibility of tenants and changes to discount rules are among the reforms to the Right to Buy scheme confirmed by the government.
The scale of the spike in local authority homelessness spend over the past 15 years makes for sobering reading, writes Localis chief executive Jonathan Werran.
The Financial Resilience Index provides data so finance leaders can assess risk and, it is hoped, bring about long-term financial sustainability, writes CIPFA senior policy manager Joanne Pitt.
The government must act quickly to tackle the temporary accommodation crisis, because an increasing number of families are being placed in housing “unfit for human habitation”, the cross-party...
Targeted measures to encourage housing associations and councils to ramp up construction of new homes should be a cornerstone of a plan to get housebuilding going again.
