Council chief executives are calling for Communities Secretary John Denham to apologise after a government-commissioned investigation into chief executives’ severance deals found few examples of ‘...
As the general election approaches, many returning officers want to delay counting votes until the following day – but the government is trying to stop them. Lucy Phillips reports
A government target that requires 60% of new homes to be built on brownfield sites is slowing down house building and restricting growth in urban areas, a think-tank claims
A new Welsh efficiency drive will foster innovation and collaboration in areas where not enough is being done, the minister leading the scheme has told Public Finance
A new Welsh efficiency drive will foster innovation and collaboration in areas where not enough is being done, the minister leading the scheme has told Public Finance
Whitehall departments are under-performing because ministers are not remaining in post long enough to see through their policies, two separate MPs’ reports have found
The ten projects set up to boost housing markets in the Midlands and North of England are making good progress in spite of the recession, the Audit Commission has found.
Adult care budgets are set to be slashed as councils strive to safeguard children’s social services in the wake of recent high-profile child protection failures, public spending experts have warned.
Local authorities in England will be able to collects fines of up to £25,000 a day from utility companies that allow roadworks to overrun, ministers have proposed
Although mutuals and co-operatives have been providing services for hundreds of years, they are suddenly being touted as the saviour of the public sector. Lucy Phillips reports
Greater citizen involvement in running public services is building a popular front of support from Westminster to Tooting and beyond. But Jonathan Clifton cautions that it is harder to achieve in...
Although mutuals and co-operatives have been providing services for hundreds of years, they are suddenly being touted as the saviour of the public sector. Lucy Phillips reports
Local authorities in England and Wales are set to impose the lowest-ever council tax rise this year, according to CIPFA – although experts are warning of financial trouble ahead
The Audit Commission has called on the government to allow councils more freedom after reviewing the results of its first round of Comprehensive Area Assessments
Services run by local authority housing departments are continuing to improve with no evidence yet that rent arrears have risen during the recession, a study has shown
Local authorities facing losses following the collapse of the Icelandic banks are challenging the government’s ‘irrational’ decision to allow only some councils to spread their losses
Councils should now be approaching the final straight in their preparations for International Financial Reporting Standards. But many are falling behind and must speed up, says Bharat Shah
Cornwall Council has admitted it cannot afford to scrap a Private Finance Initiative waste scheme, which centres on a controversial incinerator that has been refused planning permission
