Ambitious plans to use on-line auctions to save £200m on procurement contracts over three years have stalled, throwing into doubt the government's drive to slash billions of pounds from public sector...
Spiralling public sector inflation is a deeper and more complex problem for local government than the council tax issue, the leader of Kent County Council said this week.
Ministers are celebrating after successfully banning the use of bed and breakfast accommodation for families with children beyond six-week emergency periods...
Local government unions have resolved to ratchet up their pay campaign by lobbying chief executives and councillors during the local elections, while balloting their members on the current 7% three-...
The CIPFA elections for 2004/05 have produced a more even gender balance to the institute's Council after the return of Jaki Salisbury and the election of Jane Cuthbertson.
The number of Northern Ireland's local authorities is set to be cut from 26 to a maximum of nine as a result of the first proposals emerging from the province's Review of Public Administration.
The government is to give housing associations staged funding to take over council 'sink estates' as part of a package of measures announced this week to boost its decent homes standard.
The government-backed project set up to inject £125m of public money into the voluntary sector will fail unless public sector agencies get on board, the head of the consortium charged with managing...
Local authorities could move to three-year budgets in the Spending Review after the prime minister promised schools longer-term financial planning this week.
Labour and the Conservatives have fired the opening salvos in this year's local elections campaign, levelling allegations of high spending and town hall mismanagement at one other.
The Raynsford review of local government finance could amount to nothing with the current regime surviving in its present form, a senior civil servant has told MPs.
Health Secretary John Reid has challenged public bodies to play a bigger part in eradicating health inequalities across Britain, arguing that good practice is not solely the responsibility of the...
Consensus is emerging among the main political parties over the level of spending required to run Britain's public services effectively over the next decade.
Lack of leadership and a shortage of staff and expertise are holding back Welsh councils from building on the improvements they have made in the past year, according to the Audit Commission in Wales.
Despite the government's commitment to reduce the size of Whitehall, the number of permanent and casual civil service staff increased during 2003, as several departments took on extra...
Local authorities that defied government warnings to keep council tax increases to low single figures will be capped this year and an announcement confirming this is 'imminent', according to town...
