The Scottish Government has outlined plans to increase taxes on high earners and provide more funding to local authorities next year to help manage pressures stemming from the cost-of-living crisis.
High inflation and increased demand mean local authorities in Wales still face difficult decisions next year despite an 8% funding increase, leaders have said.
Ministers are set to raise the revenue support grant for local authorities in line with inflation next year, as part of the upcoming local government settlement.
The lack of sufficient data on how much local authorities received from government grants makes it impossible to scrutinise the success of funding, Clive Betts, chair of the Levelling Up, Housing and...
Disagreement over how to value Luton Borough Council’s subsidiary airport company means the authority’s 2018-19 accounts have not been signed off, and auditors are considering making a statutory...
Two counties have been offered separate devolution deals worth more than £1bn over the next 30 years, alongside new powers over education and regional development.
Government ambitions to integrate health and care services will only be achieved through successful local partnerships, working across organisations with a shared vision, writes Dr Eleanor Roy.
Local authorities should have more power to build homes to support people most in need, and ministers must avoid targets that focus purely on the number of properties built, MPs have said.
The successful delivery of savings and tight spending controls have helped Peterborough City Council make significant progress towards long term financial stability, an independent panel has said.
Government-appointed commissioners for Sandwell Borough Council have praised reforms to improve governance and contract management following a critical auditors report.
Measures in the Autumn Statement favour councils in well-off areas that already raise lots of money from council tax, while those in deprived areas that already bore the brunt of austerity miss out,...
