Most tenants in social housing are satisfied with their landlord, according to a study published on June 9. But they do want the sector’s new regulator to ensure that rents are affordable and their...
The head of Scotland’s local government watchdog has denied that proposed revisions to Best Value audits would result in ‘subjective’ judgements of councils’ performance.
Local government figures have called on ministers to change the law after the Court of Appeal ruled that a group of London councils did not have the legal powers to set up an insurance mutual...
The NHS’s payments and incentive systems are ‘not fit for purpose’ as it faces cuts of £15bn to £20bn over the five years from 2011, the NHS Confederation has claimed.
A decade of rising investment in public services has led to an overall drop in productivity, according to data released by the Office for National Statistics.
Ministers in Scotland have been told by an influential committee to plan beyond next year’s Budget if they are to cope with the effects of the recession and a continuing decline in government...
The case for limited borrowing powers for the Scottish Government is gaining support as the Calman Commission on devolution prepares to publish its final report on June 15.
Gordon Brown’s wide-ranging changes have produced a beefed-up business department, shared ministerial responsibilities and a potentially big-hitting role for the DCLG
Newly appointed Communities and Local Government Secretary John Denham has pledged to consider strengthening both councils’ powers and communities’ powers to hold them to account.
The Local Government Association has been under fire for everything from Icelandic investments to gritting the icy roads, all while in a state of turmoil after internal battles.
The cost of Private Finance Initiative projects will still not count towards public sector net debt, but government departments and local authorities will have to include the projects on their...
With the recession - and government efforts to end it - putting growing pressure on the public purse, there has never been a greater need for visionary and creative public finance leaders.
As cohesion minister, Sadiq Khan must tread a fine line between promoting the government’s counter-terrorism strategy and winning the ear of a sceptical Muslim community.
Local authorities and social work professionals have warned that Lord Laming’s proposals to reform children’s services might be unachievable on cost grounds alone.
