The government is considering a trial suspension of some statutory child protection procedures at five councils, following an official report criticising the amount of bureaucracy facing social...
The local government finance settlement was finalised today, with the upper limit for cuts to local authority revenue spending power adjusted down from 8.9% to 8.8%.
Hundreds of Sure Start children's centres are at risk of closing within the year, while thousands will have to cut back on staff and services, children's campaigners are warning
Thousands more jobs and millions of pounds' worth of services are at risk unless the government allows more redundancy costs to be met from capital resources, councils warned today
Local government minister Andrew Stunell has written to council leaders reminding them to dip into their reserves during the current period of funding cuts and organisational change.
As local authorities struggle to finalise their budgets, one thing is clear. The end of ring-fenced funds might give councils more freedom but it is going to hit the voluntary sector hard
The Scottish local government workforce is set to fall sharply as councils strive to meet savings targets, the Accounts Commission for Scotland has warned.
Local government minister Bob Neill has robustly defended the Localism Bill to Public Finance, denying that it is a smokescreen for cuts and will place unwanted burdens on councils
Newham council has stood by its criticism of Communities Secretary Eric Pickles' use of figures in the local government finance settlement, despite the statistics watchdog's decision not to issue a...
Local government finance jobs have been thrust into the spotlight as councils prepare their budgets and reorganise services in the shadow of a finance settlement that was tougher than many expected.
The coalition government’s proposed reforms of the NHS will leave councils ill-equipped to live up to their new public health responsibilities, shadow health secretary John Healey has warned.
Government plans to make councils pay European Union fines could cost town halls more than £1bn and should be halted, the Local Government Association said today
Local government minister Bob Neill has pledged to hand over more spending power to councils following criticism that the Localism Bill fails to loosen the purse strings from Whitehall.
Some of the highest contributions to the London Crossrail project will come from developers working in boroughs furthest from the line, under proposals published earlier this week.
