Council budgets throughout England might be reopened following a change of political control at many local authorities after the elections, a think-tank has said
Whitehall could save £1.5bn a year by slashing ‘unnecessary and inappropriate’ statutory duties on councils, according to the Local Government Association.
The steep rise in student tuition fees will have a negative impact on the economic activity of UK university towns and cities, according to a report published today
More than 20 local authorities are taking legal action against the government, claiming it has cut too much from their funding for services transferred to academy schools.
Dead bodies could start piling up, strip clubs could be set up on any street corner and vulnerable children could be left without care if the government goes ahead with proposals to cut a series of...
Talk of shared services is nothing new, but now it is increasingly turning into action as public bodies seek to find savings without harming services. While a few pioneers are making headlines,...
The local government grants system will need to be reformed if councils are given back control of local business rates, the Local Government Association says
The Scottish election campaign enters its final days with party leaders refusing to be drawn on claims that 25,000 public sector workers could lose their jobs and others suffer real-terms pay cuts of...
The number of people employed in local government has fallen sharply over the past two years, with more than 15,000 jobs lost, according to the Local Government Group.
By loading responsibility for the bulk of spending cuts on to councils, the government has managed to spread the consequences far and wide. The result, says Tony Travers, is that everyone is fighting...
The bitter war of words between local government and Scottish Parliament leaders about public finance reform has escalated sharply over plans to merge social care with health provision
Councils across England and Wales have been ‘inundated’ with applications for road closures to hold royal wedding street parties, according to the Local Government Association.
Councils are being passed a repair bill totalling £70m every year due to utility companies failing to fix roads after they have been dug up, a report has found.
It’s all in the timing. One year after the coalition government was formed, the turn of the electoral cycle means that on May 5 it faces its largest test short of a general election.
Scotland’s trade unions have challenged council leaders to stand shoulder to shoulder with them in mounting concerted direct action against spending cuts.
The government today appointed the financial consulting firm FTI to advise on disbanding the Audit Commission and transferring its audit practice out of the public sector.
The head of Scotland's local authorities today unleashed a scathing attack on political party leaders, accusing them of treating council services and jobs as ammunition for the Holyrood election...
