David Cameron will today defend the government’s economic policy, including changes to public sector pensions, when he launches the Conservatives’ campaign for next month’s local elections.
The Liberal Democrats kicked off their local election campaign yesterday by highlighting their achievements in English councils and as members of the coalition government.
Surrey County Council’s decision to run some of its libraries entirely with volunteers was ruled unlawful in the High Court today, in the latest legal challenge to local government spending proposals.
Scottish local authorities’ progress towards common services and procurement is likely to be at the expense of Scottish suppliers, a management expert has warned.
Ed Miliband has launched Labour’s campaign for next month’s English local elections by promising that the party’s councils will act as the ‘last line of defence’ against the government’s ‘damaging’...
Ministers talk the talk on local financial freedoms. But without the right to vary both taxation and service levels, town halls will remain at the mercy of Whitehall
More than 1,400 adult care staff at The Highland Council have today been transferred to the NHS as part of Scottish Government plans to integrate social and health care provision.
David Cameron’s attack on public services in Wales hit a raw nerve. For evidence is mounting that Welsh collaboration gets poorer results than English competition, argues Malcolm Prowle
The government has launched a ‘right to choose’ campaign as part of its proposals to open up public services to a wider range of providers. This could also lead to legislation enshrining greater...
The ten councils with the largest number of troubled families in England have agreed to join a government scheme that will pay them up to £4,000 for each problem household they help.
Every young person out of work for more than a year should be given a publicly funded ‘Youth Job Promise’, according to the independent experts examining last summer’s riots.
The interest rate cut for some local authority borrowing could scupper councils’ plans to issue bonds to raise funds for infrastructure projects, Public Finance has learned.
The abolition of the Housing Revenue Account subsidy system later this week will free up councils to invest more in affordable homes, the Local Government Association has said.
Local authorities will be able to charge a levy on drinking establishments with late-night licensing under the government’s crackdown on alcohol abuse.
