A senior councillor has issued a fresh warning that ‘every part’ of the child social care system is under immense strain as demand continues to increase in the aftermath of the Baby Peter case.
A senior councillor has issued a fresh warning that ‘every part’ of the child social care system is under immense strain as demand continues to increase in the aftermath of the Baby Peter case.
Local authorities will no longer have to carry out an extensive survey of residents this autumn, local government minister Grant Shapps has announced today
Government plans to encourage home building have been broadly welcomed – but doubts remain about whether the reforms are enough to meet the UK's rising demand for housing.
Whitehall has dismissed calls by members of the public for more unitary authorities. Responding to the coalition’s flagship policy consultation yesterday, the Department for Communities and Local...
Proposed changes to the distribution of the formula grant for local government would leave the capital £100m out of pocket, London Councils is claiming
Almost a third of local government managers believe the prime minister's Big Society initiative could cost individual councils more than £10m, according to a survey
Eighty-five per cent of the claims put in by councils for housing and council tax benefits subsidy were inaccurate, according to the local government spending watchdog
The government's tough austerity measures could create a potential bonanza for outsourcing firms as the public sector looks to cut costs in education, health, local government and police services....
The Local Government Pension Scheme is hiking up council costs and must be reformed before it becomes unsustainable, according to the Audit Commission.
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has berated councils for not making full use of their wellbeing powers, and challenged them to become more ambitious and radical
Prime Minister David Cameron today formally launched the government’s ‘Big Society’ agenda, promising to move powers from Westminster to local communities
