The public’s attitude to austerity has changed. With costs and inflation rising, the public sector needs good leadership and sound financial management more than ever.
The chief executive of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has resigned following the fatal fire in which police believe at least 79 people died.
Public service leaders have expressed dismay over the Queen’s Speech failure to address public sector issues including pay, social care and local government funding.
Local government faces greater uncertainty because of the current political situation after the general election last week, the head of CIPFA has said.
Local government finances face very different fortunes in Australia than they do in the UK. But in both, common challenges have prompted the same fundamental questions
Sharing best practice on how to integrate health and social care successfully can be difficult. A CIPFA webinar aims to address this and put the spotlight on Plymouth’s pioneering work
As UK local authorities head towards economic independence, Vivien Holland asks if they run the risk of going the way of bankrupt Caribbean island Puerto Rico.
Jon Rouse is navigating Greater Manchester’s health and social care services into uncharted territory. The head of ‘devo health’ talks to PF about what lies ahead
It is still rare for local people to take over surplus public assets. A record of all these assets, including their value, could help community control
Following May’s local elections, it looks almost certain that the Tories will win the general election. The question is how well or badly Labour will do
Conservative plans to shake up social care funding are being built on “very shaky foundations” as councils do not take a consistent approach to deferred payments, a former pensions...
Care homes paid for by the state are struggling under a “cloud of uncertainty and risk” and lose about 2,000 beds a year, healthcare consultants have said.
The proposals to tackle the affordability crisis in the government’s housing white paper do not go far enough, the Local Government Association has said.
Andrew Warwick-Thompson has been appointed chief executive of LGPS Central, which manages £40bn worth of assets for nine midlands-based Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) funds.
