A CIPFA panel has called for radical changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme regulations after finding that tens of millions of pounds are being lost
An expected second round of heavy snowfall was set to renew pressure on public sector managers this week after they faced criticism over road, transport and school closures
Essex County Council is to bail out district councils that have lost money on the controversial concessionary bus fares scheme, which allows free travel on most buses in England by people who are...
Local authorities were not reckless when they invested a total of £1.03bn in Icelandic banks that later collapsed, the Local Government Association has told a parliamentary inquiry
The Local Government Association has appointed John Ransford as its chief executive to steer it out of its recent turmoil and lead it through to late 2010
A council-owned housing company that was heavily criticised by inspectors after a scandal over the allocation of homes has received a clean bill of health
Finance Secretary John Swinney has defended Scotland’s local government concordat against claims it is on the verge of collapse because of the impact of the recession on council budgets
The Local Government Association has abandoned plans to restructure its group of companies – including the Improvement and Development Agency – into a single services organisation
Police chiefs are to hold talks with Audit Commission inspectors about the allocation of council homes in Nottingham before the council set up an arm’s-length management organisation
Councils face the most severe capping round yet as ministers confirmed next year’s local government finance settlement but refused to specify a tax increase limits
The government has been forced to shelve plans allowing local authorities to impose a controversial ‘bin tax’ after councils effectively boycotted the idea
A senior housing officer has been dismissed by her local authority after failing to declare that she had moved into sheltered housing previously used by elderly people
Twenty-three local authorities have signed up for the second wave of cross-boundary Multi-Area Agreements, which aim to improve employment and training opportunities and strengthen rural...
Delays in developing new Private Finance Initiative waste treatment facilities could result in hundreds of millions of pounds worth of European Union fines, the National Audit Office has said
