Some councils are struggling to undertake the required inspections of food businesses, which could lead to an increased risk to public health, a survey of town halls has found.
More than one-third of the council homes sold in London under the right-to-buy programme are now being let out by private landlords, figures compiled by Labour have indicated
Local authorities will retain all of the business rates raised from local shale gas developments, Prime Minister David Cameron announced today as part of the government’s drive to go ‘all out’ to...
The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities has launched the second stage of its commission to develop a plan to localise public services and council funding in Scotland.
Counties in England have been ‘excluded’ from the government’s growth strategy and need to be given greater financial powers to ensure the economic recovery is spread across the country, councils...
The chair of the local government select committee has made a formal complaint to the UK’s statistics watchdog over Prime Minister David Cameron’s claim that future local government spending would...
The Welsh auditor general has urged local authorities to ensure they have effective financial management arrangements in place after his annual audit review revealed that performance had slipped back
Town halls have warned that they face having to impose further cuts to council tax support schemes after the grant to pay for them was merged into general funding by the government
Reforms to local government finance to allow councils to retain half of business rate growth have increased the level of financial risk faced by town halls, an analysis of the changes has found.
The Department for Communities and Local Government has pledged to address Whitehall barriers holding up neighbourhood Community Budgets, a senior figure in the rollout of the initiative has revealed
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has issued new Whitehall bin guidance to every council in England, urging town halls to support weekly rubbish collections
The UK’s transport networks remain vulnerable to disruption from periods of adverse winter weather, which could hit economic growth, MPs have warned today
Nearly two-thirds of Scots would be willing to pay more in council tax if the money raised was guaranteed to boost local services like schools and adult social care, a poll has found
The government has written to councils to confirm the Bellwin compensation scheme to support areas hit by flooding has been activated, and ministers also called for assurances that town halls are...
Councils in the north of England should receive a funding increase if they succeed in boosting local employment under new agreements with government, a think-tank has said.
A government top-slice of council funding for early intervention projects could lead to cuts in services intended to protect vulnerable children, authorities have warned today
The government has been urged to provide extra funding to councils that experience an increase in the local population once European freedom of movement restrictions on Romanian and Bulgarian workers...
Councils in England generated a surplus of nearly £600m from parking charges in 2012/13, up 5% from the year before, according to a report published today
Bailiffs appointed by local authorities to recover council tax debt have used threats of force to enter people’s homes, and town halls have not been effectively monitoring their actions, the Citizens...
The Office for National Statistics has today revised up its public sector borrowing estimate for the financial year so far by £2.6bn, meaning the government’s deficit reduction plan only saved £1.9bn...
The amount of central government funding for local authorities in England is to fall by more than 9% next year – three times the reduction in spending power announced by ministers, CIPFA figures have...
A £200m government allocation to allow councils to use money raised from asset sales to improve public services will be distributed on a competitive basis, local government minister Brandon Lewis has...
CIPFA is examining ways to improve public financial management by developing a method of measuring spending across all public services in different areas of the country.
