Many councils spend ‘close to nothing’ on mental health services despite town hall remits to prevent both physical and mental health problems in the communities they serve, a survey by Mind has found.
Local authority prudential borrowing rules will need to be reviewed if additional fiscal powers are devolved to town halls, a leading economist has said.
Limited fiscal autonomy for local government contributes to the under-supply of housing across England, according to an analysis undertaken for the Institute for Government.
Councils have urged Chancellor George Osborne to use the Autumn Statement to ensure that sufficient funding is provided to town halls for the implementation of the Care Act.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has today launched an initiative to cut the rising administrative workload faced by teachers, as part of measures to help public sector workers.
Fire minster Penny Mordaunt has awarded £75m to 37 projects across England that are intended to improve the efficiency of blue light operations and save taxpayers over £300m.
Local authorities often offer little or no help to homeless people according to undercover research into council provision across England by from charity Crisis.
A future Labour government will require councils to produce homebuilding plans for their area and allocate enough land to meet local needs, Ed Miliband has announced.
Financial pressures mean there will need to be reforms to the traditional model of local government across England, a report from accountants Grant Thornton has concluded.
Local government and NHS bodies could save as much as £440m if Whitehall extends Audit Commission contracts for local auditor services to 2020, the watchdog has said.
Housing minister Brandon Lewis has revealed that £178m of Housing Revenue Account borrowing allocations remain available to support council housebuilding after too few authorities came forward with...
Local government trade unions have suspended strike action planned for next Tuesday following a revised pay proposal from the Local Government Association.
The gap between public and private sector pay that opened up during the recession has been closed as a result of Chancellor George Osborne’s restrictions, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found.
Business Secretary Vince Cable has set out plans to increase the pay of apprenticeships by more than £1-an-hour in a bid to encourage more young people to take them up.
A former Treasury advisor has warned that the system of local taxation in England is ‘broke’, and has called for a radical transformation of the state through devolution in response to spending...
