The government has stated that it remains committed to reducing carbon emissions despite speculation that it is set to scrap an award-winning, council-driven scheme that encourages greater use of...
'Save-as-you-throw' waste collection schemes will not be exploited by local authorities as a way of generating extra cash, council leaders claimed last week.
There has been one gaping hole in Labour's devolution success: the English regions. RDAs and non-elected assemblies have not lived up to expectations and the new PM is looking to give more powers to...
Local authority pension schemes have attacked many of the UK's biggest firms for not disclosing adequate information about the work of their audit committees.
Civil servants have called on the government to consider in-house bids for future IT projects after spiralling costs forced the suspension of an outsourced offender monitoring system.
A £4bn regeneration agency that will replace the Housing Corporation within two years is to be rebranded just six months after it was christened Communities England.
Housing is back at the top of the political agenda, with a green paper promising to solve the affordable housing crisis. But how is the new prime minister going to square a return to social rented...
The public purse could make significant savings if the government planned better how it disposes of its computers, fax machines and telephones, auditors said this week.
There are huge regional differences between residents' attitudes towards reform of their local waste collection services and also the recycling schemes offered by councils, a national survey has...
First Minister Alex Salmond appears set for a clash with Whitehall over the Scottish National Party's plans to issue bonds as an alternative to public-private partnerships.
Communities in the Thames Valley were bracing themselves for more flooding as operations continued to restore tap water supplies to 350,000 people in western England after thousands of hectares were...
Ministers have bowed to pressure from councils and social landlords by pledging to nearly double the number of affordable homes built each year by the start of the next decade.
In the early days of New Labour, the Private Finance Initiative was seen as the only game in town for funding major public sector projects, but the Metronet crisis could mean the game is up, writes...
When Gordon Brown first got his feet under the table at the Treasury way back in 1997 he promised to hit the ground running. Ten years on and his protégé Ed Balls has wasted no time in...
Whitehall-set public service targets are to be slashed and councils given greater scope to boost regional economies, the Treasury said this week indications that the new government may be putting...
Sure Start children's centres came under fire again this week after senior MPs criticised them for not doing enough to help the most disadvantaged families.
Taxpayers face a 'significant risk' following the restructuring of British Energy, with the cost of Britain's £5.3bn nuclear decommissioning liabilities expected to soar, MPs have warned.
It's time to step up the fight against global warming. Local government has been leading the way but now it must help an increasingly concerned public to do its bit. The best way is through...
