Portsmouth City Council is calling on ministers to leave it out of local government reorganisation plans, saying it is a financially stable authority and can already meet the needs of its communities.
The Environment Agency is consulting on a “polluter pays” levy on water companies for sewage discharges to recover the costs of its enforcement activities.
The government will need to overhaul land value capture policies if it is to meet its targets on housebuilding and the delivery of public infrastructure, councils have warned.
The government has come under pressure to provide a long-term funding solution for children’s social care in the light of analysis showing 1,700 children are referred to social services every day in...
The unsustainable rise in health spending could be ended and save the UK £21bn a year if new approaches to NHS reform are adopted, a leading think-tank claims.
A package of 16 commitments to reform the “fragmented and broken” English local audit system has been unveiled by local government minister Jim McMahon.
The government has launched a consultation into the “long overdue” resetting of the business rates retention system to ensure funding is targeted at areas of greatest need.
The Scottish Government will face “significant challenges” funding devolved public services in the future because of the twin difficulties of an ageing population and worsening health, the nation’s...
The Local Audit Office will not be able to force councils to amend their accounts in response to auditor concerns, the government has confirmed following fears over the body’s independence and...
The previous government’s drive to boost dental care across England has “comprehensively failed” and resulted in fewer new patients seeing an NHS dentist, according to a highly critical report from...
Government plans to cut disability benefits could leave local authority social care services and the NHS facing extra costs of £1.2bn, a think-tank has warned.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is under pressure to release an emergency bridging fund to reduce the impact of rising national insurance contributions on the care sector.
A negotiated deal with the US is the best way to secure economic stability in the wake of tariffs announced by President Donald Trump, the government has said.
