Local authorities will face additional cuts of 2% in 2014/15, but have been spared the 1% reduction being imposed next year on most other areas of Whitehall spending, Chancellor George Osborne...
Most Welsh councils failed to prepare their draft Whole of Government Accounts returns on time, a situation the auditor general called ‘very disappointing’.
Councils have criticised the latest publication of adoption scorecards by the government, warning that the data could lead to ‘misleading’ comparisons between authorities.
More local government pension schemes will back housebuilding projects once investment limits are doubled, a senior councillor has told Public Finance.
Councils have limited room to turn round struggling schools, they claimed today after Ofsted highlighted ‘stark’ variations between local authority areas and called for more intervention from town...
Scotland’s council leaders are ending their two-year staff pay freeze, offering a 1% rise plus a guaranteed minimum ‘living wage’ of £7.50 an hour from next April.
A total of 85 councils in England have been allocated a share of a £250m fund aimed at ensuring weekly waste collections, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles announced today.
Housing groups and councils have today called for borrowing powers to build 60,000 affordable homes, saying the investment would boost economic growth by 0.6%.
Newcastle City Council is to halve its senior management posts as it sheds 1,300 jobs over the next three years in an attempt to cut almost a third of its budget.
Local authorities have begun to show ‘signs of financial stress’, with more than one in ten ‘not well placed’ to stay within budget in 2012/13, the Audit Commission has warned.
Prime Minister David Cameron plans to restrict the right to seek judicial review of government policy, saying that many of the legal challenges are ‘completely pointless’.
The chancellor should use the upcoming Autumn Statement to end the council tax freeze for the most valuable properties and introduce two extra bands at the top of the scale, according to the liberal...
Education Secretary Michael Gove has urged local authorities to take more at-risk children into care, saying an increase in young people being looked after by councils was not a cause for concern.
Police and crime commissioners have been urged to work closely with local councillors following a ‘disappointing’ turnout in the first elections for the post held yesterday.
The Local Government Association has warned that West Somerset District Council faces unprecedented financial difficulties and is not viable in the longer term.
Equal pay claims against Birmingham City Council are set to total at least £757m and will present a major financial challenge, the authority has revealed.
Three city council leaders have urged Whitehall to give earlier notice of the local government funding settlement, warning that last-minute changes are leading to ‘ill-informed decision making’.
