Liverpool council is poised to take greater control of the government’s flagship back-to-work scheme in the city under moves to create a directly elected mayor.
The chief executive of one of the councils chosen to run a whole-place Community Budget pilot has warned that the scheme involving his local authority will not go ahead unless a ‘sustainable’ plan...
Scottish local government leaders have accepted that the country’s eight regional police forces will be merged into a single national service, but say councils must be fully involved for the change...
Councils should make their accounts more understandable and accessible by reducing ‘clutter’ and using summary financial statements to communicate with councillors and residents, according to the...
The 710,000 public sector job losses now expected by 2017 will hit the devolved nations and the Northeast hardest, the Trades Union Congress said today.
The government’s approach to providing and funding public services is ‘not appropriate for the modern day’, the Local Government Association said today.
Public sector fraud is on the increase globally, with organisations particularly at risk from their own employees and suppliers, according to research published today by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
The government has not done enough to address concerns that the Private Finance Initiative is being used to keep the cost of major infrastructure projects off its balance sheet, the Commons’ Treasury...
Almost two-thirds of public sector organisations nationwide expect to experience some disruption as a result of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to a survey published by BT...
Council funding reform will be a ‘wasted opportunity’ if ministers continue to exert control over business rates, local authorities in London warned today.
Plans to allow councils to retain a share of their business rates could disadvantage areas where service need suddenly increases, according to a group of 46 municipal local authorities.
One million housing association tenants currently excluded from the right to buy scheme should be given the opportunity to purchase their own home, according to a report published by the Institute...
Planned changes to the tax and benefit system will hit the incomes of families with children hardest and increase child poverty, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
