The public sector could increase the productivity of its workforce by £8bn a year by using its buildings differently, according to a report being launched today by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles.
The Local Government Association will next month announce plans for a bond club arrangement that could allow councils to jointly borrow from financial markets.
More than 100 English local authorities will receive a share of a £500m fund for additional school places, Education Secretary Michael Gove has revealed.
Residents of the 12 cities where the government plans to create directly elected mayors are being asked which powers the new representatives should be given and how they could be subject to public...
The government has been urged to clarify the role councils will play in its public health reforms, after MPs today called for more certainty over how the proposals will work in practice.
Wandsworth has put on hold its plan to issue a council bond to finance housing improvements. But the London borough's finance director believes that this form of borrowing still has a role to...
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles is seeking views on plans to give town halls the ability to remove council tax relief on empty and second homes.
The expected explosion in local government outsourcing has not taken place. Could it still happen or are there better ways to
make the savings? Public Finance and Civica convened a round table to...
The government's localism plans are simply ‘cover for the cuts’ it is imposing on councils, Labour's new spokesman on local government has told Public Finance.
Plans to localise business rates could end up with the government clawing back funds to pay down the deficit, a local government think-tank has warned.
Opposition to the government’s public sector reform plans is strong among both the general public and the workforce, the Trades Union Congress has warned.
