Local government should be able to take over failing public services from Whitehall through an expansion of existing “right to challenge” powers, a report by the think-tank Respublica has...
Councils are to retain all locally raised business rates by the end of the decade under radical local government finance reforms set out by George Osborne today. The changes will also end the...
Government plans to double the amount of free childcare available for three- and four-year-old children could be underfunded by as much as £1bn, according to a analysis by the Institute for...
Councils dominated by one political party achieve lower procurement savings than more competitive authorities, with the difference as much as £2.6bn a year, according to an Electoral Reform...
Plans to cut funding to youth offending teams by £9m before April will throw agreed local plans to tackle crime into jeopardy and could result in an increase in the number of people in custody...
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said the Conservative government’s policies have created an “unbalanced and unsustainable” economy that would leave Britain vulnerable to another...
Shadow local government secretary Jon Trickett has warned the government’s Spending Review process to negotiate devolution deals may amount to an attack on local democracy.
Pensions expert Michael Johnson has called on public sector pension schemes to “get on the front foot” and develop further reforms in the face of a “cashflow crisis”.
A leading international credit rating agency has criticised the presentation of UK local government accounts, saying they cannot be easily compared with those of other countries.
Chancellor George Osborne and seven council leaders have set out £24bn worth of investment opportunities across the North of England to Chinese investors.
The forthcoming Spending Review needs to provide more details on how devolution of powers to councils will be spread across the country, a senior local government figure has said.
The chair of the communities and local government select committee has called on the government to clarify the funding that will be available to councils that accommodate Syrian refugees.
Higher than expected borrowing by local authorities has led to an upward revision of the public sector deficit in the first four months of the year, figures released by the Office for National...
The government’s flagship Troubled Families scheme should be expanded to integrate public services for people facing social problems including homelessness, criminality and substance misuse, a think-...
Backing for the 38 devolution proposals submitted to government earlier this month would unlock at least £80bn of economic growth, a report from the Local Government Association has claimed...
Groups representing commissioners, providers and users of adult social care have made a joint submission to the government’s Spending Review calling for support for older and disabled people to...
A host of local government leaders have joined Chancellor George Osborne on a tour of China as part of efforts to boost inward investment in the government’s Northern Powerhouse plan.
MPs are to probe the effectiveness of local welfare provision, including devolved council tax benefit schemes, in order to determine best practice across the country.
Planning minister Brandon Lewis has launched a review of how local plans are agreed, with the aim of cutting the amount of time it takes councils to get them in place.
Buckinghamshire County Council set up a wholly owned company in 2013 to help it cut the cost of care provision while creating new revenue opportunities
