Councils have urged energy companies to work with them to deliver a government-mandated energy efficiency programme after finding the scheme is falling behind schedule
The coalition's infrastructure plan is said to be the biggest programme of public works since the Victorian era. The only issue is getting it off the drawing board, says Mark Hellowell
The number of people working in local government fell by nearly 50,000 in the second quarter of 2013, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics today.
The man who promised to 'intervene before breakfast, lunch and dinner' is back, and demanding a new local growth plan. Lord Heseltine talked to Judy Hirst ahead of the Spending Review
The Treasury has launched an initiative to cut costs in projects built using the controversial Private Finance Initiative by urging private operators of hospitals and schools to agree to a code of...
Communities in England are to be given a greater say over the siting of on-shore wind farms along with bigger incentives to ensure such developments are built, the government announced today.
Chancellor George Osborne has announced a change to the system of tax breaks in order to clamp down on what he called the ‘unacceptable’ use of some reliefs by utility companies.
Planning relaxations that come into effect in England today will ‘significantly reduce’ councils' ability to decide on important developments in their area, the Local Government Association has...
The UK economy would be boosted by as much as £100bn a year if the country’s transport and energy infrastructure matched standards in Europe, the Centre for Economics and Business Research said today.
The Edinburgh-based Green Investment Bank is in talks with ministers about extending its funding for at least a further year, Public Finance has been told.
The Treasury is to underwrite £75m worth of investment in the Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire in the first confirmed deal using government-backed funding guarantees.
This month, local authorities face one of their trickiest balancing acts yet. They have to meet the twin challenges of government changes to council tax support and business rates, without losing out...
The four ‘whole place’ Community Budget pilots in England show that integrated spending could lead to cheaper and better services, the National Audit Office said today.
Councils have hit back at suggestions that cheap public sector catering contracts are responsible for the decline in food standards that has contributed to the horsemeat scandal.
Energy minister Greg Barker has urged councils to become ‘agents’ for energy efficiency following the launch of the government’s landmark Green Deal programme.
MPs have accused the government of repeating the mistakes of the Private Finance Initiative when awarding contracts for connecting offshore wind farms to the National Grid.
