The lack of a firm commitment to place-based budgeting in yesterday’s Comprehensive Spending Review was because it has failed to gain cross-departmental support, local government select committee...
Local authorities are preparing for profound changes in the way they provide services and run themselves after council spending emerged as one of the worst-hit areas in this week's Comprehensive...
The Housing Benefit bill is likely to soar after Chancellor George Osborne confirmed that rents for new social housing tenants will rise to 80% of the market rate, Public Finance has learnt
Proposals for directly elected police commissioners are at odds with plans for area-based budgeting, due to be revealed in tomorrow’s Comprehensive Spending Review, MPs were told today.
Cutting bureaucracy through improving efficiency, sharing services and introducing place-based budgeting will not be enough to make the savings required from councils, local government groups have...
Councils have urged the European Union to adopt a ‘Total Place’ approach to grant allocations, arguing that simpler funding arrangements can cut waste and encourage more effective local spending
A new relationship between central government and local delivery bodies in Scotland would lead to better and cheaper public services, a think-tank says today
Local government groups have welcomed the abolition of Local Area Agreements but warned that there must be a commitment to a new relationship between Whitehall and councils
Caroline Flint’s shadow local government team was named today. It includes former Labour treasurer Jack Dromey and Alison Seabeck, who advised Nick Raynsford when he was local government minister
‘Big Society’ style community activism has done more to help deprived northern communities than economic investment, according to a report published today
The government is reconsidering its commitment to allow councils to choose their own auditors, Public Accounts Committee chair Margaret Hodge has told Public Finance.
Councils are urging ministers not to cut capital grants for social housing, warning that a failure to invest now will only increase costs in the long term.
