Liability for business rates should be extended to private schools, universities and local authority arms-length operations, an independent review of non-domestic local taxation in Scotland has...
County council leaders have written to health secretary Jeremy Hunt asking him to reconsider proposals to withhold social care funding if bed-blocking targets are not met.
More than 3,000 women need to be elected as councillors if the gender imbalance across local government is to be rectified, the IPPR think-tank has said.
Social care funding cuts has helped drive an increase in the number of UK care homes on the brink of collapse, according to research from an accountancy firm.
The government must aid a ‘renaissance in council housebuilding’ to help improve the quality of new homes, the Local Government Association said today.
An extra 71,215 care home places will be needed by 2025 to keep pace with the increase in the number of older people, even if current trends continue for more of them to live in the community.
While employment in British cities appears robust, the quality of work on offer is often low and many people are under-employed. Dave Innes of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation asks what can be done to...
The judge-led inquiry into the Grenfell Tower tragedy will examine Kensington and Chelsea’s role in the build-up and aftermath of the blaze, the government has announced.
Borrowing caps imposed by the government limited the budget of Kensington and Chelsea’s refurbishment of Grenfell Tower, council documents have revealed.
Moving public sector jobs outside of London may not bring as many economic benefits as previously expected, a review of the BBC’s move to Manchester has suggested.
Matt Leach explains how a Big Lottery funded initiative to improve local areas is forging a new relationship between councils and communities, which could define the future for local...
A lack of funding together with an unwillingness to change is holding back the adoption of technology in local government, according to a survey of council employees.
An increasing rate of drug-related deaths is a major public health concern that could end up costing public finances £700m, council leaders have warned.
The government has confirmed that 111 buildings have failed the latest cladding system tests, 90 of which are local authority or housing association run.
Whitehall has called on software firms to provide updated programmes to local councils so they can grant new levels of business rate relief to small businesses.
Early full-scale tests of cladding systems in the UK have revealed 47 local authority or housing association owned buildings have failed the fire safety tests.
