Local authorities will not have the necessary resources to sustain current social care eligibility levels, the Commons health select committee has warned
Local government minister Bob Neill has told Public Finance that today’s Decentralisation and Localism Bill will usher in a new ‘can-do’ era for councils.
Up to 73,000 local government jobs are currently at risk in England, while libraries and leisure services are likely to bear the brunt of budget cuts, according to research by CIPFA
The London Borough of Lambeth wants to become the first 'co-operative council', using mutuals to pass power to the people. Finance and resources director Mike Suarez tells PF what this means and how...
Three more Local Enterprise Partnerships have been approved. Partnerships for New Anglia (covering Norfolk and Suffolk), the Black Country and Worcestershire were given the green light by Business...
Some councils in England’s most affluent areas could see an increase in their funding from central government in today’s revenue support grant settlement, Public Finance has learnt
Housing minister Grant Shapps has given more details on his reforms to social housing, due to feature in the government’s forthcoming Decentralisation and Localism Bill
From the shires to the inner-cities, local authorities are coping with cutbacks by radically slimming down their role. So is this the new face of localism? Peter Hetherington reports from the council...
The severity of local government cuts announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review came as a shock to half of council finance directors, while almost all have denounced the front-loading, a survey...
The coalition government’s long-awaited Decentralisation and Localism Bill has been delayed again, prompting concerns over how councils will deal with front-loaded cuts next year
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has defended his decision to ring-fence council public health budgets, denying that the move is at odds with a wider government drive to remove local finance...
Plans to mutualise the Audit Commission's in-house audit practice are at risk of stalling because of waning support from government, Public Finance has learnt
The revaluation of council tax bands in Wales planned for 2015 has been cancelled, as the powers for setting the dates are to be transferred to the Welsh government
Councils have attacked Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles for suggesting that they could mitigate the effects of the recession by dipping into their reserves
There is a 'strong case' for the maximum pay in public bodies to be linked to that of the lowest earners, the interim report on public sector pay said today
