Melanie Dawes will leave her role as permanent secretary at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to become chief executive of Ofcom, it has been confirmed.
A 10% pay rise for council staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is affordable and would benefit the government through savings on benefits and increased tax revenues, unions have said.
Local authority investment in commercial property has increased fourteen-fold over three years as councils seek alternative sources of revenue amid cuts leaving them open to risk, the spending...
Recent events have seared the need for climate action into the public consciousness, with 74% expecting local communities to react, yet revenue and capital shortages are likely to increase, write Mo...
Major UK urban local authorities have urged the government to overhaul business rates and council tax systems as part of a move towards greater fiscal devolution.
Inclusive growth must be utilised by the government if it wants to achieve its goal of levelling-up the country in areas such as infrastructure spending, writes Luca Tiratelli of the New Local...
The maiden bond launched by the UK Municipal Bonds Agency is the first step in a sector-wide shift away from the Public Works Loan Board, local government finance figures have said.
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has apologised for a host of failures in the lead-up to the Grenfell Tower Fire at an official inquiry but the apology has been deemed an “insult” by...
It’s important that councils stay in control of events and issuing a section 114 notice can be the first step on the road to recovery rather than a failure in itself, writes CIPFA chief executive Rob...
Adult social care funding will be slashed for metropolitan councils in England with cash being funnelled to shire counties under the government’s new fair funding formula, according to analysis.
“Outcome” is one of those talismanic local government words that has been bludgeoned into near meaninglessness by repetition and ubiquity, argues Grant Thornton’s Martin Ellender.
