Local government finance jobs have been thrust into the spotlight as councils prepare their budgets and reorganise services in the shadow of a finance settlement that was tougher than many expected.
The coalition government’s proposed reforms of the NHS will leave councils ill-equipped to live up to their new public health responsibilities, shadow health secretary John Healey has warned.
Government plans to make councils pay European Union fines could cost town halls more than £1bn and should be halted, the Local Government Association said today
Local government minister Bob Neill has pledged to hand over more spending power to councils following criticism that the Localism Bill fails to loosen the purse strings from Whitehall.
Some of the highest contributions to the London Crossrail project will come from developers working in boroughs furthest from the line, under proposals published earlier this week.
A London borough has made a formal complaint about the use of statistics by secretary of state Eric Pickles in last month's local government finance settlement.
The ‘least damaging’ way to implement radical reforms to Council Tax Benefit would be to minimise the role of local authorities, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said today.
The government's regional growth programme has received a boost with renewed backing from the prime minister, private sector endorsement and more cash to pay for research
