Newcastle City Council is to halve its senior management posts as it sheds 1,300 jobs over the next three years in an attempt to cut almost a third of its budget.
Local authorities have begun to show ‘signs of financial stress’, with more than one in ten ‘not well placed’ to stay within budget in 2012/13, the Audit Commission has warned.
Prime Minister David Cameron plans to restrict the right to seek judicial review of government policy, saying that many of the legal challenges are ‘completely pointless’.
The chancellor should use the upcoming Autumn Statement to end the council tax freeze for the most valuable properties and introduce two extra bands at the top of the scale, according to the liberal...
Education Secretary Michael Gove has urged local authorities to take more at-risk children into care, saying an increase in young people being looked after by councils was not a cause for concern.
Police and crime commissioners have been urged to work closely with local councillors following a ‘disappointing’ turnout in the first elections for the post held yesterday.
The Local Government Association has warned that West Somerset District Council faces unprecedented financial difficulties and is not viable in the longer term.
Equal pay claims against Birmingham City Council are set to total at least £757m and will present a major financial challenge, the authority has revealed.
Three city council leaders have urged Whitehall to give earlier notice of the local government funding settlement, warning that last-minute changes are leading to ‘ill-informed decision making’.
A third round of City Deals could lead to the devolution of economic powers to all local authorities in England, the government’s cities adviser Lord Shipley has told Public Finance.
The governance and regulatory systems proposed in the Public Sector Pensions Bill could be ‘extraordinarily complex and onerous’ for even the best run pension schemes, the chief executive of the...
Sinn Féin councillor Seán McPeake was appointed president of the Northern Ireland Local Government Association for the 2012/13 term following its September 28 AGM
Councils should adopt a more flexible and creative approach to the provision of library services and need to understand their obligations better, MPs said today.
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has hailed the passage of the Local Government Finance Act, claiming the reforms could deliver a £10bn economic gain.
The government has still not approved proposed reforms to the Local Government Pension Scheme after nearly six months of negotiations, trade unions and council employers have revealed.
