Local council elections have mirrored the general election outcome, with strong gains for the Conservatives at the expense of both Labour and the Liberal Democrats
The new Conservative government may have a majority in Westminster, but greater diversity in local elections will still influence how it governs over the next five years
A coalition of more than 50 charities, think-tanks and public finance experts has called for the next government to prioritise investment in early intervention programmes in a bid to unlock savings...
Trade union Unison today warned that council-run services such as youth centres, museums and pest controls will close across England if the next government implements the fiscal plan set out in March...
Councils want the momentum towards devolution to be maintained after the election. But there are risks attached to handling the bigger budgets involved
With all the talk of a Northern Powerhouse, Jules Pipe fears the capital is missing out. The London Councils chair talks to PF about devolution deals, house prices, Hackney and working with Boris
Councils could face breach of contract claims from Section 151 officers after last-minute government changes to the rules on dismissal from top posts, an employment lawyer has warned.
Eric Pickles has proposed extending the government’s intervention in Tower Hamlets to cover all of the council’s executive functions, following a court judgement that removed elected...
The next government must reform council tax in England to end the ‘absurd situation’ of basing it on relative values in 1991, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said.
The commissioners appointed to take over the executive functions of Rotherham council have set out the decision-making process that will apply during the intervention at the authority.
In a triple whammy, the government has cut town hall funding while creating additional costs and extra work for local authorities assisting people facing destitution.
Council leaders across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have come together to urge whichever party wins the general election to set out a plan to devolve power across the country in the...
The Local Government Association is preparing to offer a ‘devolution deal’ to the next government after a study of public service integration initiatives found they would not be fully effective...
Public sector organisations like councils and colleges can do much to work with suppliers on their doorstep and stimulate local economies. In Lancashire work is underway to ‘repatriate’...
Conservative plans to extend the Right-to-Buy scheme to tenants in housing association properties would damage to the long-term health of the UK's public finances, the Institute for Fiscal...
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has said the government’s decision to send commissioners into Tower Hamlets has been justified after mayor Lutfur Rahman was found guilty of electoral...
Canterbury, Cardiff and Cornwall councils have all broken into the top 20 of this year’s ‘Better Connected’ rankings, which rate UK local authorities’ website offerings.
Andy Burnham has indicated he may halt plans to devolve £6bn of NHS spending to Greater Manchester if Labour is in power after the general election, saying has ‘real misgivings’...
Amid a changing municipal landscape, local enterprise partnerships, business improvement districts and businesses themselves need to take a lead on developing reforms to the out-of-date system of...
