Councils’ efforts to protect vulnerable people from the effects of climate change, such as floods and droughts, are ‘losing momentum’, a report commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has...
Funding cuts are diminishing the public sector’s ability to respond to major incidents such as extreme weather or data loss, according to a survey of finance directors.
A decision on how long-term care is funded in England will not be taken until the next Spending Review, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley confirmed today.
The Local Government Association and Unison have both rejected fresh claims from the Taxpayers’ Alliance that pensions for council workers are unaffordable.
Reforms to the system of adult social care to be unveiled today by the government represent the ‘best opportunity in a generation’ to improve care for the elderly, the Local Government Association...
Fixing potholes and improving local roads should be the top priority of local authorities, according to a survey that also highlighted the need to improve adult social care services.
It remains a ‘big question’ whether the government’s package of city deals will be able to provide a boost to the economy, an expert on cities has said.
Agreements have been reached to devolve economic powers to six of the largest cities in England as the government continues the roll-out of ‘city deals’ across the country.
Barclays is unlikely to have acted alone in its manipulation of the London Interbank Offered Rate and there is ‘a lot more to come’, according to the former deputy governor of the Bank of England,...
The head of the civil service told the conference that the involvement of CIPFA members will be crucial to maintaining public services as the spending cuts begin to bite.
Liverpool is undergoing a business-led transformation under its newly elected mayor. Can the makeover be made to work for all its citizens, asks Peter Hetherington
Abolition of the Audit Commission will change the way council spending is scrutinised just as funding pressures increase. But the National Audit Office will help the sector steer clear of the dangers...
Public service reforms will make governance issues a priority in audit and inspection, Accounts Commission chair John Baillie has told Public Finance.
Council chief executives made redundant as a result of shared services should not receive 'massive' pay-offs, Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has said.
The Committee on Standards in Public Life has warned that many local authorities are not ready for the new standards regime that takes effect for councillors next week.
The plan to put a struggling London NHS trust into administration underlines the need for hospitals to be financially sustainable in the future, the chief executive of the NHS in England said today
The growing costs of councils’ care and statutory responsibilities will wipe out any funding for other services within eight years unless Whitehall provides urgent cash, the Local Government...
