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,...
Leaders of Scotland's social enterprise sector are holding talks with local authority chief executives to pitch for a greater role in providing public services.
Councils should be freed from many of the confines of planning legislation to allow local people to shape their future, the Local Government Association has said.
A fresh dispute is emerging over the way business rates should be distributed among councils ahead of the shake-up of the local government finance system.
City councils should be able to retain the bulk of their business rates while Whitehall funding should be devolved to create ‘area growth budgets’ for local services, according to a report published...
Local authorities planning changes to social care services will find it difficult to prove the impact on disabled people, which will leave them open to legal challenge, Public Finance has been told.
The mood music has changed and, since the May 5 elections, the relationship will never be the same again. So, with the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats locked into a loveless coalition, what does...
Birmingham City Council is to re-examine its plans to cut social care for some disabled adults after a High Court ruling found that it had acted unlawfully
The government should give councils with clear rules on their role in the Big Society to avoid the project being lost amid cuts, an influential report has found today
Councils should encourage volunteers to be on standby to help clear roads blocked by snow as part of attempts to boost the UK’s resilience to winter weather, MPs have said.
