Funding for public services will become “highly variable” in many county areas under government plans to make councils financially self-sufficient by the end of the decade, government has been warned.
The government is to guarantee European structural and investment funding for projects signed off before the Autumn Statement, chancellor Philip Hammond has announced, but projects using EU funds...
Local authorities are demanding extra powers to charge utility companies for digging up roads in order to tackle the “traffic chaos” caused by these works across the country.
Councils helped create a lasting Olympic legacy that is transforming grassroots sports, according to a survey published today by the Local Government Association.
Business and energy secretary Greg Clark has named local growth ministers for all of England in order to reflect the role of local places in the development of the government’s industrial...
The move to give Greater Manchester control of health spending is closer to delegation than devolution because of Whitehall’s reluctance to relinquish power, a review by the Institute for Public...
Public service reform is difficult, particularly within the Westminster system. But there are practical changes that could be made to help make progress.
Actively listening to local areas about what policies are working – and not working – must be high on the new government’s agenda. Sharing of progress, challenges and setbacks is vital to making real...
The Early Intervention Foundation has called for a Whitehall evaluation of David Cameron’s flagship Troubled Families programme to be published in full after after reports claimed the review found...
The government should revise its infrastructure strategy to prioritise investment in the North of England in order to promote growth and prosperity, a think tank has said.
Prime minister Theresa May has set out possible changes to how local shale wealth funds created from shale gas exploration will operate, with distribution of money to local residents now considered...
Many PFI contracts are trapped in their current terms out of fear of the costs of change and a desire not to show weakness to the other side. But this is not sustainable in the face of increasing...
Public sector borrowing is set to increase by around £47bn over the next four years as the economy slows following the Brexit vote, economic researchers have forecast.
Following the Brexit vote, the London Finance Commission has a unique opportunity to develop proposals for further fiscal devolution that create incentives to boost growth. But it must get the...
A more robust approach to public service integration, including increased sharing of both best practice and failures, is needed for such initiatives to be successful across the country, a review has...
NHS England has said it intends to appeal against a judgment that ruled it can commission and fund a treatment that prevents the transmission of HIV among high-risk men.
Dealing with the effects of poverty costs the public purse around £78bn a year, equivalent to around 4% of the UK’s gross domestic product, according to research published today.
Growing uncertainty over the future of European funding for infrastructure and regeneration projects across England will hit economic growth unless there is clarity from government soon, councils...
Councils should be reinstated as major builders of affordable housing to assuage the deepening housing crisis, a report by the Local Government Association has argued.
