The controversy over unitary status for Exeter and Norwich councils was stoked this week after local government leaders criticised the plans as ‘financial madness’
Only one in ten councils is making preparations for the soaring costs of providing services for an ageing population, according to the Audit Commission
The first reports from 13 pilot projects provide a wealth of data. One thing is clear: public services focus too much on symptoms and too little on causes
Northern Ireland’s 26 district councils have agreed their domestic and non-domestic rates for 2010/11, with variations in the increases imposed ranging from zero to more than 8%.
Seventeen councils are to receive £1m to train staff as part of a campaign to turn hundreds of empty private homes into social housing or sell them to first-time buyers.
The cities of Norwich and Exeter are to be run as unitary authorities after ministers announced the final decisions of the local government reorganisation in the Southwest and East Anglia
Seventeen councils are to receive £1m to train staff as part of a campaign to turn hundreds of empty private homes into social housing or sell them to first-time buyers
Total Place could help solve the problem of drastic funding cuts for local services. But it’s going to be a steep learning curve for both Whitehall and town halls, says John Tizard
Four arm’s-length management organisations are set to drop their legal challenge to the government’s decent homes programme after two were offered money by the Homes and Communities Agency.
A police authority has pointed to problems with the way local government finance legislation is framed after the government imposed a cap on its budget.
