Opposition parties have accused Scotland's Labour-dominated coalition of taking the electorate for granted by drawing up plans for the whole of the next Parliament.
Fraudulent housing benefit claims could be costing taxpayers billions of pounds each year but some councils have done nothing to remedy the problem, the minister in charge of the government's anti-...
Sir Jeremy Beecham has voiced doubts about the quality of some of the inspections carried out for the Comprehensive Performance Assessment, just one week before the results are unveiled.
Local authorities will have to stick to the April 2003 deadline for implementing FRS17 the controversial accounting standard under proposals published by CIPFA in a consultation paper last week...
Local government leaders are finally seeing local tax-raising powers within their grasp after Gordon Brown indicated that authorities would be able to keep rates income generated by encouraging new...
The government's affordable housing strategy ran into trouble this week when the Ministry of Defence admitted it could not stop 25 homes at an Essex army barracks being sold off.
Councils need to be more vocal in their opposition to the Comprehensive Performance Assessment if local democracy is to survive, the chief executive of Westminster City Council has warned.
After months of delays, the much-heralded Local Government Pay Commission was finally unveiled this week amid claims by trade unions and councils that the 'other side' was expecting too much from...
Pharmacists are keen to develop their services to patients but are not receiving adequate support from primary care trusts, the King's Fund said this week.
The government's use of public sector targets often referred to as 'targetitis' should reflect 'meaningful outcomes for those using and providing services', the chair of the Local Government...
Top-performing authorities will be exempted from ringfenced funding as part of the package of freedoms and flexibilities finally unveiled by ministers this week.
The reorganisation of health services in Wales will improve co-operation between the NHS and councils, the Welsh Assembly's minister for health and social services claimed this week.
Westminster City Council's record-breaking £224m outsourcing contract for street cleaning, announced last week, could have been run in-house for £4m a year less than the annual £32m it will cost...
Home Secretary David Blunkett this week played down claims that he is creating a national police force, despite unveiling centrally determined priorities for local forces.
Further education colleges are to receive an extra £1.2bn in funding over the next three years but resources will be dependent on reaching performance targets, Education Secretary Charles Clarke...
The Comprehensive Performance Assessment is the 'model of the future' for inspecting and improving public services, the new chair of the Audit Commission has said.
