The numbers of people starting apprenticeships has plummeted by 26% over the last four years, despite funding increasing by £400m since 2010, the spending watchdog has found.
Lone parents and renters are the most likely groups to fall into arrears since local authorities were given control of council tax relief, a think-tank has found.
As the date for the UK’s exit from the EU fast approaches, central government needs to give local authorities more long-term certainty, says CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman.
A £1.6bn fund aimed at spreading prosperity fairly across England has been dismissed as a “pathetically small sum” by the New Local Government Network think-tank, which called it a “token substitute...
Housing associations, councils and the mayor of London have called on the government to hand over £5.2bn to protect housing in the capital against the impact of a no deal Brexit.
Not only has the reduced system of council tax support hit low-paid workers but it has proved remarkably ineffective as a way to raise revenue, says the IFS’ Stuart Adam and Thomas Pope.
A wide-reaching parliamentary inquiry is likely to be launched into local government finances, the chair of the housing, communities and local government select committee Clive Betts has revealed to...
