Local authorities could face a ‘landslide’ of legal claims from female workers if they fail to adequately assess the equality impacts of cutting women’s jobs, a union has warned
A website tool inviting residents to tell local authorities where cuts should be made will allow the 'most thorough and comprehensive consultation ever taken on local public spending', according to...
Decisions over benefit payments should be localised and welfare spending incorporated into pooled area-based budgets, the government has been told today
The government today confirmed that there would be no revaluation of council tax bands in England during the current Parliament, prompting criticism that the levy is becoming discredited
At least £15bn needs to be spent on school buildings over the next four years if there are to be enough places for every child, council leaders warned today.
Not all cuts have to be bad, sometimes you can get more for less – and that’s particularly the case with procurement, argues Paul O'Brien. Some councils have already found new ways
to make the most...
David Cameron's Big Society could radically change the way services are delivered, and help councils empower communities. But the bad news for the chancellor is that it's unlikely to save much money...
Communities in rural areas hoping to develop their own housing projects will need to win the support of 75% of voters, housing minister Grant Shapps has confirmed.
A decisive shift towards Total Place-style budgeting is widely expected to be included in next month’s Comprehensive Spending Review, Public Finance has learned.
Council leaders warned the government today that a combination of grant cuts and increasing demand for services could leave them with a funding gap of up to £20bn a year by 2014/15
The Local Government Association has called for radical reform of the bus subsidy system, which it said costs the public sector £1.3bn a year but gives it minimal influence over services.
The government's data-sharing revolution has begun and armchair auditors have an array of website weapons to choose from. This is not a threat to the public sector but an opportunity for greater...
Few fire and rescue services could deploy sophisticated equipment for responding to natural disasters or terrorist incidents at all times, the Audit Commission has found.
The government will review local government finance 'this time next year', Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles told an influential group of MPs this week.
The government has been managing expectations of next month’s Comprehensive Spending Review since June’s emergency Budget, and voters now know to expect incredibly harsh settlements for the services...
