A partnership between two local government pension schemes to pool £10bn of assets represents the sector “taking its destiny in its own hands”, one of the leaders of the project has...
Introduction of a National Living Wage could cost councils more than £1bn a year by 2020/21 through additional payments to staff and to contractors, an analysis by the Local Government...
Councils that fail to produce local housing and commercial development plans could be forced to do so by the local government secretary Greg Clark, according to proposals in the Treasury’s national...
Devolution of powers and budgets from central government is an essential driver for integrating public services at the local level, writes Lord Kerslake
The silos of Westminster and Whitehall are not impregnable. Hard-won lessons from the Total Place initiative point the way to improved public service alignment
Imposing mayors on cities risks repeating of the lack of engagement that afflicted the election of police and crime commissioners, the Electoral Reform Society has warned.
Manchester is already thinking about how a range of taxes, including stamp duty and the climate change levy, could work locally, city council chief executive Sir Howard Bernstein told CIPFA delegates.
Devolution in England is gathering pace. In the Budget, the chancellor made it clear that he considered that the process of shifting power away from Westminster has only just begun.
Council and housing association properties risk becoming the “A&E of housing”, a place for people who are in crisis, the CIPFA conference was told today.
In a statement filled with policy announcements, the chancellor reiterated his commitment to devolution. Councils must get their proposals to the government before they get landed with someone else’s...
Cornwall is set to be the first county to secure a devolution deal from the government, while discussions are underway to reach devolution deals with four cities in England, George Osborne has...
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has urged local councils to reach out to their communities to talk about the importance of health and prevention.
The West Midlands’ seven metropolitan councils have set out plans to form a combined authority after months of disputes about which councils should join it.
CIPFA members need to innovate in order to face up to unprecedented economic and policy challenges, incoming president John Matheson told the annual conference.
Views from the 2015 CIPFA CFO Summit which considered challenges for public services around the upcoming Comprehensive Spending Review and the need for service transformation.
The extent to which voters trust Westminster politicians to make spending decisions for their area falls away with increasing distance from London, a poll for CIPFA has found.
Many parts of England could face a shortage of care home beds in future years due to closures triggered by council funding cuts, according to an analysis for upper-tier local authorities.
London’s tri- and bi-borough arrangements prove the enormous potential for local government collaboration. You just need to be committed to the end result
Pressure on resources is forcing the public sector to deliver the aligned services that people demand. CIPFA has developed tools to help shape this collaborative future
