Satisfaction with council services has remained steady over the last 18 months, a poll by the Local Government Association has found, with more than two-thirds of people either very or fairly...
Proposed reforms to the Local Government Pension Scheme must ensure long-term stability as well cost savings, the National Association of Pension Funds has said.
Local government and school staff are to hold protests across the country today as trade union Unison steps up its campaign against the pay offer made by council employers.
Involving users in public service delivery could unlock billions of pounds in savings, a report by the government’s reviewer of public service choice has concluded.
The GMB trade union has announced it will ballot members in councils and schools on planned strike action for July 10 after rejecting the Local Government Association’s offer of a 1% pay increase for...
The government’s programmes to promote local economic growth have lacked clarity and coordination, and their achievements in job creation have fallen below expectations, the Public Accounts Committee...
Council housebuilding has hit its highest level since 1991 as town halls use the proceeds of the revamped Right-to-Buy scheme to fund developments, Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has...
Labour has pledged to end the practice of local authorities commissioning 15-minute home care visits after a review found that elderly people in nearly two-thirds of areas were receiving this ‘clock...
The government is only in the ‘foothills’ of reforms to integrate public spending across services in a bid to get ‘more for less’, policy minister Oliver Letwin has said.
The coalition government has been told by the Institute for Fiscal Studies that its failure to carry out a revaluation of property values for the purposes of levying council tax is ‘increasingly...
CIPFA has joined forces with the Healthcare Financial Managers Association and the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services to discuss what their members can do to progress the integration...
Councils have warned they are reaching the ‘end of the road’ in their ability to manage reductions in government funding, with leisure services, children’s centres and pothole repairs likely to bear...
A radical reform to the role of Local Enterprise Partnerships, including giving councils sign-off of economic strategies, is needed to tackle the north-south divide, former Labour housing minister...
Many local enterprise partnerships are failing to address the long-term obstacles to growth and are not putting enough emphasis on tackling unemployment, a report by IPPR North has claimed.
Councils have been urged to ‘reclaim’ children’s services provision from control by Whitehall departments and inspectors so town halls can act as the local champions of the interests of children,...
A review of the Local Government Pension Scheme has ruled out mergers of the 89 funds in England, but has concluded that as much as £660m a year could be saved through greater use of common...
A new government tool to improve the cost-benefit analysis of public service reforms could help councils make the case for local changes that improve provision and cut costs, according to a senior...
A panel of experts convened to examine service integration is looking for examples of ‘can-do’ areas that are breaking down barriers, one of its leaders has said.
The government has been urged to give cities in England five-year capital allocations for transport improvements, similar to the long-term funding deals given to Transport for London.
Trade union Unite is to ballot council workers over strike action in a dispute over pay with local government employers – the second union in the sector to do so.
The impact of the European elections on May’s council votes is the great unknown as people head to the polls to determine control of local authorities across the country.
The Local Government Association has hit out at the decision by the university admissions service to end information sharing with councils, warning this will make it harder for authorities to help...
