The election watchdog has said it is 'disappointed' that the government has failed to introduce legislation that would avoid a repeat of this year's polling station chaos
The Department for Transport will miss its targets to increase the number of passenger places on commuter trains, the Public Accounts Committee has said
Households in almost a third of councils outside London will lose £50 a month or more as a result of the government’s Housing Benefit caps, a housing and homelessness charity has claimed.
Details of the forthcoming Localism Bill have been revealed in the government's business plan for the Department for Communities and Local Government, published today.
The government has given contradictory messages on the use of public interest reports issued by auditors after the Audit Commission is disbanded, the chair of the local government select committee...
The Spending Review confirmed deep cuts in councils' funding along with greater freedoms to mitigate their losses. But while ministers might believe innovation will bridge the gap, the truth is...
The Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned MPs that changes to Council Tax Benefit, outlined in last month’s Comprehensive Spending Review, mean that local authorities have both an incentive and a...
Norfolk and Norwich Millennium library is the country's most visited, according to CIPFA's latest annual survey of library use. It had 1.5m visitors in 2009/10, issuing 1.15m books and other items.
Public sector graduate recruitment has remained buoyant in the recession, but spending cuts could trigger a crisis in the next few years, a careers service study has shown.
The government misjudged the opposition from Conservative London councils to its social housing cuts, a leading public policy expert has told Public Finance.
Concern is mounting that the government’s new measures to boost local economic growth will not be an adequate replacement for regional development agencies.
Eight councils in the west of Scotland are likely to begin sharing services in an arrangement that could save them up to £70m over five years, it emerged today.
