Heavy snowfalls have forced councils across the country to deal with blocked roads, closed schools, abandoned refuse collection rounds and emergency help for rough sleepers.
The latest analysis of Scottish local government finances has shown that education and social work accounted for the bulk of council spending last financial year.
Northamptonshire County Council is the only local authority giving the Department of Health and Social Care concern about its ability to deliver statutory care responsibilities, a group of MPs heard.
Just over 95% of councils across England will raise council tax next year and bills are set for the biggest increases in 14 year, according to CIPFA’s annual survey released today.
Stricken Northamptonshire County Council is planning to impose further budgets cuts and has been told that its adult care service is close to being unsafe.
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority suffered “untold reputational damage” over its contract with the firm Magnox, according to a scathing report from the Public Accounts Committee.
The Commissioner for Public Appointments Peter Riddell has slated the Department for Education over its controversial appointment of journalist Toby Young.
Local authorities are struggling to take a holistic view of education provision in their areas because of the high proportion of secondary schools that have converted to academies, according to...
Costs increased on the Thameslink programme because Network Rail did not understand the performance and condition of its railway system, the Public Accounts Committee has said.
Talks in the bitter university pensions dispute are due to resume tomorrow but the University and College Union has warned that these are likely to prove fruitless.
The first tranche of a fund aimed at speeding up planning decisions will be £15.8m, spread among 68 projects, housing minister Dominic Raab has announced.
The South West could be hit harder than other parts of England when the UK leaves the EU, according to panel members at a one-off Brexit discussion convened by CIPFA in Bristol.
Strikes over proposed changes to university staff pensions are expected to affect 500,000 teaching hours over 14 days, the University and College Union has said.
