Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has revealed details of a £950m investment plan for Southampton and Portsmouth as part of a devolution deal between the cities and government.
Councils should be handed powers to force private landlords to crack down on anti-social behaviour caused by their tenants, the Local Government Association has said.
Planning minister Nick Boles has insisted that councils must provide an efficient planning service as he announced the first decision to strip a local authority of its ability to take major decisions.
Children who are eligible for free school meals are ‘disproportionately unlikely’ to be admitted to grammar schools in the parts of the country where they operate, the Institute for Fiscal Studies...
Don’t judge all local authorities by the small minority that have misused their housing funds. Borrowing caps should still be removed to allow councils to provide appropriate accommodation for...
The government should allow two-tier council areas to form unitary authorities as part of an efficiency drive that could keep council tax bills down, the Taxpayers’ Alliance has said.
The next two years will be ‘make or break’ for the viability of many councils and the government must not impose extra cuts to local authorities in next month’s Autumn Statement, the Local Government...
Ministers are under renewed pressure to halt the proposed cut to the New Homes Bonus after councils again warned the ‘flawed’ plan would hit critical services
Local government trade unions have reiterated their call for all councils to pay staff the Living Wage as the annual uprating of the hourly rate was announced today
The Fire Brigades Union has called on the government to reopen pension talks after it staged a two-hour strike this morning – its third walkout during the ongoing dispute
Councils in England have called for extra financial powers to be given to local authorities following the government’s announcement that a range of taxes would be devolved to the Welsh Assembly.
The National Audit Office should be empowered to audit contracts government bodies enter into with private firms, the chair of the Public Accounts Committee has said
The government’s approach to reform of the Local Government Pension Scheme is unnecessarily narrow, the chair of England’s largest council pension fund has told Public Finance
The County Councils Network has raised ‘serious’ concerns over the government’s proposed reforms to long-term care, saying it is worried about potential funding shortfalls and workforce capacity.
The government does not know whether the New Homes Bonus paid to councils when they approve housing developments is effective and there is an urgent need to examine the scheme properly, MPs have said...
A total of £1.2bn is owed to English councils in uncollected business rates, according to the latest value-for-money briefing from the Audit Commission.
There are signs of recovery all around, from GDP growth figures to rising house prices. So has the chancellor, as he claims, won the austerity debate, or is short-termism and poor policy-making...
There was a 21% rise in the number of council households in rent arrears in England in the three months to June, according to a survey of council housing bodies.
Ipswich has agreed a City Deal with the government. The deal, agreed today, aims to boost employment in the city by improving the skills of the workforce.
