The number of people working in local government has fallen by almost 400,000, or 14%, since the coalition took office in 2010, the GMB union said today.
There are still big gaps in childcare provision in the UK despite councils’ obligations to ensure adequate services, according to a survey published today.
The government should abolish the Highways Agency and devolve its funding to councils and other local bodies, a report commissioned by the Local Government Association has concluded.
The way senior managers’ pay rises were decided at Caerphilly County Borough Council last year was unlawful, auditors have ruled in a public interest report.
More than half of the town halls developing new Council Tax Benefit schemes to take effect in April will receive cash to keep bills down, local government minister Brandon Lewis announced today.
The government’s proposals on long-term care have been broadly welcomed but there are concerns that they do nothing to address chronic under-funding in the sector.
The Local Government Association has urged the Treasury to back plans for a municipal bonds agency in the Budget, warning that councils could miss out on investment from pension funds if ministers...
Four out of ten councils in England are planning to raise their council tax from April, despite the offer of a government freeze grant, a CIPFA survey has revealed.
Revenue income and spending by Scottish local authorities both fell slightly in the year to April 2012, while capital expenditure rose by more than £300m, according to the annual survey by the...
Sales of council houses under the right-to-buy scheme almost doubled to 2,000 in the last three months of last year, the Department for Communities and Local Government has revealed
One of the largest Local Enterprise Partnerships in England has urged the Treasury to give it control of a single funding pot for investment in skills, housing and regeneration
Nearly half of councils in England have not yet signed up to the government’s council tax freeze for 2013/14, figures published by ministers today have revealed.
More than £70m is being wasted across Whitehall every year because civil servants cannot understand the complex financial spreadsheets and models prepared by their colleagues, it has been claimed.
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles threatened to force councils to reform pay deals for senior staff as he published updated guidance on town hall transparency.
