The UK Green Investment Bank has loaned £10.2m to Kent County Council to support its £40m programme to replace streetlights with energy efficient LED lights.
Prison and probation services are failing to protect the public from reoffending and should be devolved in England and Wales, the RSA think-tank has said.
With developers and private landlords failing to provide enough suitable homes, councils are setting up housing companies to build homes of different tenures and costs
Localisation is changing how the voluntary sector works with councils – across a host of services. A summit produced a 16-point plan to help charities get the best out of devolution
Poorer households should be offered a subsidised basic broadband package to ensure they can remain engaged with public services, the Local Government Association said today.
Local authorities’ “opaque and often ideological” resistance to outsourcing children’s services can be counter-productive to improving outcomes for young people, according to...
An evaluation of the government’s Troubled Families programme has found the flagship scheme has failed to have any significant impact on key areas where it was meant to help, such as employment and...
Reading council – the only local authority in England and Wales never to settle an equal pay claim – will today face a court challenge from more than 60 women who say they are owed over £1.5m because...
The government has reported significant progress towards meeting transparency targets laid out in its open government action plan, according to an examination of progress.
Cabinet Office minister Ben Gummer has said the Brexit vote must lead to a “massive profound change” in the way that public services are organised to make them more responsive to the needs of...
Actions taken by the Department for Education since 2010 to improve the quality of local child protection services have been “extremely disappointing”, the National Audit Office said...
Half of all councils in England are now part of the government’s One Public Estate programme following the latest expansion of the property sharing scheme, the Cabinet Office has announced.
The West Midlands is set to join the areas across England that will pilot full business rates retention ahead of the national rollout of the scheme in 2020, after Birmingham City Council indicated...
Plans for local government bond issuances could be “supercharged” if the Treasury provides backing to municipal authorities as part of efforts to boost investment, the leader of England’s largest...
The UK’s vote to leave the European Union and the subsequent change in Downing Street is likely to alter the role of devolution in government policy. Here are some assumptions about Theresa May’s...
Council pension funds can do more to help promote ethical behaviour in the companies they invest in, which would benefit members as well as local residents.
The Local Government Association has criticised Sajid Javid’s decision to overrule a local planning decision to give the go ahead to a horizontal fracking scheme in Lancashire.
Theresa May’s new government has had almost nothing to say about the flagship local government policies of devolution and finance reform. We need some clarity
CIPFA and Aon Hewitt have issued guidance on investment pooling governance arrangements for the authorities administering the Local Government Pension Scheme in England and Wales.
The chair of the Local Government Association has warned that a “pause” in devolution following Theresa May’s arrival in Downing Street could derail the process across the country.
Failure to tackle persistent poverty and inequalities erode the country’s social and economic productivity. Theresa May must embrace inclusive growth if she is to achieve her goal of a country that...
Councils could face financial uncertainty from a renewed round of appeals against business rate bills following revaluation next April, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said.
