The government is being urged to take “immediate and decisive” action to tackle a workforce crisis in adult social care that is putting councils under mounting financial strain.
Tax increases of up to £25bn will be needed in the Budget if spending on local government, police and prisons is to rise in line with national income, according to research from the Institute for...
Matthew Pennycook has set out priorities for the government’s housing agency, including maximising the social housing delivered through the remaining Affordable Homes Programme funding.
Luton Borough Council has hit back after its external auditor claimed the authority cannot produce accurate accounts, criticising the report as “full of factual inaccuracies”.
Council development projects face a “cliff edge” if the government does not renew a multibillion-pound fund before it abruptly ends next year, the sector has warned.
A root and branch review of Scotland’s governance arrangements is needed to address the increasing unsustainability of local authority finances since devolution, a panel of experts has told the...
Scrapping the two-child limit would be a quick and cost-effective fix for child poverty – but the benefit cap would wipe out the gains for the poorest families, research has revealed.
A £44.8m gap in next year’s budget poses a “significant challenge” to Norfolk County Council, officers have warned the cabinet as they set out proposed cuts.
The UK is facing a capital programmes funding gap of £1.6trn by 2040, according to EY, including new road and rail projects, decarbonising public buildings and social infrastructure funding for...
Cuts to care services are necessary to address a large funding gap next year at East Sussex County Council, the authority warned as it agreed to consult on savings proposals for next year.
Urgent action is needed to repair arrangements for external audit that have “fundamentally failed”, as well as to overhaul the “wasteful, unfair and ineffective” local government funding system,...
Clackmannanshire Council has been told to urgently address its financial situation, with auditors warning that its approach to balancing the books is unsustainable in the face of deteriorating...
Public sector employers will need to divert money from pensions into pay if they are to stem a recruitment and retention crisis across the sector, a leading think-tank has said.
Michael Collier (Mike) served as president of the Institute in 1991-1992. He was also honorary treasurer from 1994 to 1997 and served on the Council from 1981 for 16 years
In a three-and-a-half minute video posted on social media, the ex-Conservative Party leader set out a defence of the economic plan, which was blamed for the country’s subsequent economic crisis.
