Trade unions are to consult council staff on industrial action after the Local Government Association offered most employees a below-inflation 1% pay increase from next month.
The number of people employed in the public sector fell by 159,000 to 5.5 million in the last three months of 2013 following the reclassification of the Royal Mail after privatisation, the Office for...
One-third of all young people will either be out of work or trapped in underemployment by 2018 based on current trends, the Local Government Association has warned.
There should be a ‘presumption of openness’ on the publication of public data and government needs to devise ways to maximise its economic potential, MPs have said.
Many of the school inspectors used by education watchdog Ofsted lack the skills and experience to do the job effectively now the government has given greater independence to schools, a think-tank has...
Local authorities lose more than £200m as a result of council tax reductions given to single people in large homes, and town halls should be given the freedom to scrap the discount, the Local...
City Deals that will provide nearly £200m of public funds to boost the growth prospects of Sunderland and Stoke-on-Trent have been signed by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.
Any additional cuts to local government funding announced in next week’s Budget would compromise the ability of local government to boost economic growth, counties have warned
Councils need to invest more in their procurement skills to ensure they get best value from the £45bn spent on good and services across local government every year, a committee of MPs has said.
The government and councils do not know if the limits of the adult social care system to provide quality care are being reached as demand rises and funding is squeezed, auditors have warned.
The chair of the Public Accounts Committee has pledged that MPs will ‘have a real go’ at maintaining scrutiny of council services following the abolition of the Audit Commission
The government’s ‘insanely ambitious’ timescale to wind up the Audit Commission will spread many of its functions across Whitehall, reducing their effectiveness, an analysis has found.
Local council tax support schemes introduced following the government’s welfare reforms have reduced work incentives in some part of the country, the Public Accounts Committee has found.
Plans to abolish the Audit Commission remain on track to save £1.2bn over ten years, the Department for Communities and Local Government has stated today.
Councils are to receive an extra £140m to repair roads damaged by this winter’s severe weather, but local authorities warned the money would not be enough to cover the maintenance bill.
Significant reform of the council tax will require a government with a substantial majority and possibly a two-term timeframe, according to a former Labour local government minister.
Greater collaboration between the three emergency services is being hampered by the lack of clear direction from Whitehall, CIPFA’s police conference was told.
