The strain of compromise politics is beginning to affect Liberal Democrats, with the row over school building bringing tensions to the fore. But their LGA leader Richard Kemp tells Lucy Phillips why...
The organisers of the 2012 London Olympics have been accused of making hollow promises over the Games’ capacity to regenerate the five boroughs it is based in, some of the most deprived in the UK
Most people believe spending on frontline NHS staff and policing should be protected even if this affects other areas, according to a survey commissioned by the Local Government Association
Ahead of the Spending Review, government departments face the tough task of making deep savings while protecting frontline services. Steve Freer offers ministers some timely advice
Councils in Scotland would lose millions of pounds if their legal right to chase up local tax debts was restricted to five years, leading finance officers have warned
The government is pressing ahead with its pledge to radically cull the number of quangos, with regional development agencies among the latest in the line of fire
The government is pressing ahead with its pledge to radically cull the number of quangos, with regional development agencies among the latest in the line of fire
The new chair of the Commons communities and local government select committee has questioned the government's Big Society concept, suggesting the approach might prove an obstacle to joint working
Millions of pounds could be slashed from the cost of keeping children in care if councils intervened at an earlier stage, according to a report published today
Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has today written to councils informing them that Comprehensive Area Assessments will be stopped
Whitehall departments are set to have their budgets slashed by an average of 25% in real terms over the current Parliament, the chancellor has announced
Public sector union bosses are rallying members to resist cuts to jobs and services - but experts are predicting that negotiations will prove more pragmatic behind closed doors.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has argued that cuts to benefits and public sector pay and pensions are the most progressive option available to the government
Funding cuts could have ‘devastating’ effects on local government and harm the most needed services, warned the incoming chair of the Commons local government select committee
Councils will be able to promote financial discipline across a range of organisations as part of the Total Place programme, influential local government figures have predicted
Unison members might be willing to accept some redundancies in return for less outsourcing and more say over public service reform, according to the union’s head of local government
There is widespread scepticism about the effects of Total Place and other initiatives to integrate public services, according to a CIPFA survey of 435 chief financial officers
