The government’s plan to let councils in England keep 100% of business rates is set to herald a wide-ranging re-examination of Whitehall support to town halls, the local government minister has...
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council has become the first local authority in England to secure finance from the Green Investment Bank to replace its streetlights with lower energy light emitting diode (...
Delegations from three local authorities in the north of England have joined Prime Minister David Cameron on a trade mission to Singapore and Malaysia in an effort to boost investment in the...
David Cameron’s English Votes for English Laws policy will leave Scotland at increased fiscal disadvantage, in spite of the Scotland Bill’s devolution of income tax to Holyrood, according...
The government’s decision to pause the ‘capped cost’ care reforms for four years has probably killed off the policy, and represents a tragic waste of time and money for the care...
The seven councils of the North East Combined Authority have said they are willing to consider the adoption of an elected mayor for the region as part of a devolution deal with government.
The number of young people leaving care who are not in education, employment or training has increased in every year since 2007/08, with the current proportion costing the state £240m, auditors...
English councils are facing cuts of £3.3bn in central government funding next year, putting further pressure on services like elderly care, child protection and road maintenance, the Local...
Councils in the north of England have been urged to set out their planning priorities for the region as part of a project that will consider the creation of a strategic spatial plan.
Council leaders across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have come together to urge whichever party wins the general election to set out a plan to devolve power across the country in the...
The NHS in England is projected to have overspent its budget by more than £600m in 2014/15, an analysis by the Health Foundation has found, despite the service receiving an extra £900m in...
There has been a decline in the number of GP surgeries offering evening and weekend appointments over the last five years, according to Labour’s health spokesman Andy Burnham.
Councils should be able to cut the discount available under the government’s Right to Buy scheme in order to raise funds to replace homes that are sold, housing organisations have said.
The next government should establish unitary councils in current two-tier areas of England as part of measures to create the structures needed for devolution from Whitehall, parish councils have said.
A quarter of a million low-income households in England will pay more in council tax from this month following cuts in the support schemes run by town halls, a report has concluded.
The Private Finance Initiative has come in for some harsh criticism over the years, decried as inflexible and expensive. But with the right approach, PFI can deliver significant savings and improved...
The next government should create an independent City Devolution Commission to devolve power over public services and some taxes to every major UK conurbation by the end of the parliament, the RSA...
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has set out plans to increase the transparency of government outsourcing contracts by introducing a presumption in favour of disclosing information, including...
The government is to receive £68m in payments from transport firm First Group to operate the Great Western rail franchise for three-and-half years to April 2019.
