Local government made the case for greater independence from Whitehall at all three party conferences as representatives wrestled with finding ways to alleviate the effects of spending cuts. Richard...
Councils in London should be allowed to retain up to 60% of future business rate growth to boost the local and capital-wide economy, according to think-tank proposals published today.
Restrictions on the amount of voluntary work unemployed people can do are hampering young people’s efforts to secure jobs, the Local Government Association said today.
Public attitudes stand in the way of the radical service transformations needed to deal with local authority budget cuts, according to the New Local Government Network.
Almost two-thirds of councils do not think that local communities will be able to take over the running of public services, despite the government’s Big Society ambitions.
Birmingham City Council has been given a triple-A credit rating by one of the world’s biggest rating agencies as the authority positions itself to borrow money from financial markets.
Councillors in charge of Edinburgh’s ill-fated trams project were unqualified for the role and out of their depth in dealing with contractors, the city's transport convener has admitted.
Weak economic growth means public sector job cuts should be delayed, if necessary beyond the next general election, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has warned.
Local government staff will have to pay on average an extra 1.5 percentage points of their pay towards their pensions under changes being proposed by the Department for Communities and Local...
Councils will not achieve the substantial savings needed over the next three years through either outsourcing or employee-owned mutuals, a Public Finance round table debate agreed this week.
Local government staff and civil servants will be barred from working full time for trade unions while taking a salary for their job, the government has announced.
