Just when we thought we'd seen the back of Mr Blobby, once the stalwart of Saturday night television, his pink head has reared up in Lancaster City Council's Blobbygate scandal.
Westminster City Council warned that it was on a 'collision course' with the Office for National Statistics this week as the row over census data escalated with the publication of the final local...
Employers and the Fire Brigades Union were effectively given a deadline of three months to negotiate a strike settlement or face a loss of substantial power as the patience of the government finally...
Council tenants, trade unionists and councillors descended on Westminster this week to increase pressure on ministers to give local authorities the same rights as housing associations.
Fraud inspectors have slammed Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council for failing to rectify long-term problems in its housing and council tax benefits divisions, despite previous warnings about the...
Westminster City Council has accused the Office for National Statistics of refusing to allow ministers to see data that could be crucial in resolving their dispute over the 2001 census.
Local authorities are protesting to the government after having their budgets for housing investment cut. While total housing expenditure is increasing by 6% in 2003/04, some councils are worse off...
The government is to take 'key' right-to-buy rules out of primary legislation to allow ministers to react more quickly to market trends and shortages in housing, according to a leaked letter from...
Ministers are gearing themselves for another battle with Tory peers over the controversial Section 28 legislation, which prevents councils from promoting homosexuality.
The controversy surrounding Comprehensive Performance Assessments looked likely to stretch into the new year as this week at least three councils launched legal bids to have their judgements...
All eight arm's-length management organisations for housing that began operating in April have secured their immediate funding after receiving two or more stars from inspectors.
Average council tax bills in London are likely to top £1,000 if Mayor Ken Livingstone's estimated cost of policing the capital in the wake of heightened terrorism fears is accepted by the London...
London-based Beaver Housing Society has become the first registered social landlord to be strongly criticised by inspectors from the Housing Corporation.
New Labour's suggested shake-up of the UK pension system, dubbed the 'work until you drop' package, is merely storing up problems for the future, according to public sector experts, opposition...
Birmingham's housing department should be broken up into 35 community-based organisations, according to the commission set up after tenants rejected stock transfer.
Top-tier local authorities in England were finally put out of their misery when the Audit Commission published the results of the Comprehensive Performance Assessments on December 12.
Fraudulent housing benefit claims could be costing taxpayers billions of pounds each year but some councils have done nothing to remedy the problem, the minister in charge of the government's anti-...
