A third round of City Deals could lead to the devolution of economic powers to all local authorities in England, the government’s cities adviser Lord Shipley has told Public Finance.
The governance and regulatory systems proposed in the Public Sector Pensions Bill could be ‘extraordinarily complex and onerous’ for even the best run pension schemes, the chief executive of the...
Sinn Féin councillor Seán McPeake was appointed president of the Northern Ireland Local Government Association for the 2012/13 term following its September 28 AGM
Councils should adopt a more flexible and creative approach to the provision of library services and need to understand their obligations better, MPs said today.
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has hailed the passage of the Local Government Finance Act, claiming the reforms could deliver a £10bn economic gain.
The government has still not approved proposed reforms to the Local Government Pension Scheme after nearly six months of negotiations, trade unions and council employers have revealed.
The four ‘whole place’ Community Budget pilots in England have submitted their final reports, urging the government to approve their proposals for the next stage.
All two-tier local authority areas in England should become unitaries, former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine said today in his wide-ranging review of the UK’s growth policy.
Businesses are preparing to walk away from Local Enterprise Partnerships and the government needs urgently to increase their powers and funding, the Work Foundation has said.
Whitehall’s third council tax freeze offer has met with mixed reactions from councils, not least because it is another shift back from ‘localism’ to centralism.
Ministers have been urged to let councils across England take on more economic development powers as part of the City Deals programme, after 20 areas were shortlisted yesterday for greater devolution.
A member of the government’s Mutuals Taskforce has said some Whitehall departments need to do more to back employee-owned firms that could provide public services.
The first female general secretary of the TUC will have her work cut out dealing with public sector disputes and the union brothers. But don’t expect Frances O’Grady to start tub-thumping any time...
