Campaigners against the ‘bedroom tax’ have lost a High Court challenge, it emerged today. Judges ruled that the changes to Housing Benefit rules did not unlawfully discriminate against disabled...
The government’s scheme to improve fire service control centres in England following the decision to scrap the national Fire Control programme is running late and could fail to be value for money,...
Councils face constraints on their ability to reform and improve local public services despite town halls being given a general power of competence, the Local Government Association has said.
Mutual firms delivering public services such as adult social care need better access to long-term funding, according to a report examining progress on the roll-out of employee-owned enterprises.
Revised borrowing figures for 2012/13 show the government managed to cut the deficit by £2bn compared to the previous year, the Office for National Statistics said today.
Everyone using adult social care services will be receive annual ‘care account’ statements once the government has introduced a cap on individual costs, care minster Norman Lamb said today.
Local authorities should gain new powers to ‘drive out’ bad landlords from the private rented housing sector and reclaim Housing Benefit when property conditions fall below legal standards, MPs said...
Maintaining current spending levels on pensions and healthcare will put public sector debt on course to hit 99% of economic output within 50 years, the Office for Budget Responsibility has warned.
Councils fear they could lose the right to campaign on behalf of their communities against big transport schemes and housing developments under government plans to stop them competing unfairly...
Local government is hesitant to develop projects using the government’s PF2 funding initiative due to the ‘limited’ number of schemes that can be taken forward, the chief executive of Local...
Public Finance talked to Owen Jones at the CIPFA Conference 2013 about why he rejects the premise of austerity and why council borrowing rules should be relaxed.
Lord Heseltine has described the government’s proposed funding for the local growth pot as a ‘significant start’, despite it being well below the figure recommended in his No stone unturned report
The London Finance Commission's proposals to devolve more financial powers to the capital could create a ‘virtuous circle’ of economic growth, according to its chair Tony Travers
The youngest adults are the least likely to be sympathetic to poor people or proud of the welfare state, Ipsos Mori chief executive Ben Page has revealed today
Public Finance talked to Tony Travers in advance of his speech at the CIPFA Conference 2013. He discusses reaction to the London Finance Commission report and whether or not a local authority could...
The new CIPFA president has called for a ‘proper conversation’ about the future of public services amid spending cuts in her speech to the CIPFA annual conference this morning
The £1.5bn plan to make superfast broadband available to 90% of UK homes and businesses will be achieved almost two years later than planned, auditors warned today.
