An Equality and Human Rights Commission probe has found serious failings in the standards of home care for older people, according to a report published today.
Only half of public sector finance directors played a lead role in preparing their organisation for the impact of the Spending Review, according to a survey published today.
Local government leaders are warning that councils could lose their access to a vital source of regeneration funding because of European Union plans to limit the scope of its structural funds.
Scrapping the housing revenue account will over time give English councils control of more than £50bn in rental income to use for new homes and other capital investments, according to research...
Councils in England will not be forced to carry out weekly bin collections as previously indicated by Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles, it was announced today.
VIDEO INTERVIEW: Simon Parker, director of the New Local Government Network, talks to Public Finance about: the think-tank's new Commission on Next Localism; the future of local authority audit; and...
English councils will have to find an extra quarter of a million pounds a year to fund the extra administration costs imposed by the Localism Bill, town hall leaders are warning.
Audit staff at the Audit Commission are poised to launch a joint business venture and bid for work against other private firms, Public Finance has learnt.
The New Local Government Network is launching a commission to harness the 'pressure cooker for change' being created by the government’s localism plans. The Commission on Next Localism will look at...
Work carried out by the Audit Commission's in-house audit practice is likely to be outsourced to the private sector from 2012/13, councils have been told today.
Councils need to speed up improvements to adult social care services to meet future demands, according to a report from the Audit Commission, published today.
Local authority accounts are under fire for their increasing length and complexity, with calls for a simple and more transparent process. But is this the right way forward? Nigel Johnson, opposite,...
