The UK is still bottom of the European Union dustbin league, the Local Government Association has said while praising the doubling of the recycling rate in the past five years
The Human Rights and Equalities Commission and Passenger Focus are the country’s worst performing quangos, according to a damning report by the Local Government Association
Ministers are seeking ways to reduce ring-fencing of public service funding as documents to be released with next month’s Pre-Budget Report reveal a tangled web of funding streams
Councils in London are preparing a new round of lobbying to secure more government funding for primary schools after data showed capacity problems were worse than first thought
The shadow communities secretary has given enthusiastic backing to the local government collaboration programme, predicting it will ‘eclipse’ previous partnership schemes
A Right-leaning think-tank and leading consultancy have recommended that councils cull spending by 20% by 2011 through doing less, outsourcing more and becoming more financially innovative.
Councils have warned that the exodus of children’s social workers after the Baby Peter scandal has put some of the most vulnerable people in society at risk
Changes to the Audit Commission’s fee regime will penalise high-performing councils, which will no longer be able to secure generous discounted rates, according to the Local Government Association
Early results from a flagship government scheme to increase public sector efficiency prove that more spending should be brought under local government control, councils say
Councils are still not being given reliable financial advice more than a year after the Icelandic banking collapse, according to the Commons communities and local government select committee
Northeast England councils striving to meet centrally set targets are unable to address the economic and social problems of the region, a
think-tank has found
Much is expected of the Total Place initiative – ministers are hoping it will join up services while producing huge savings. Guy Clifton warns, however, that the consequences have not been properly...
