-
6 Sep 19
The government is looking for an organisation to run pilots to help it improve local authority data collection on homelessness.
-
6 Sep 19
Ministers should make extra public health funding available to councils based on demographic factors, a think-tank has suggested.
-
5 Sep 19
Social care needs a government-sponsored ‘national care service’ to tackle the issue of underinvestment in employees in the sector, MPs have said.
-
5 Sep 19
Councils need more information on funding arrangements behind the government’s waste strategy, MPs have said.
-
5 Sep 19
The assignation of almost £6bn in VAT revenues to the Scottish Government could be undermined by the “disappointing” failure of HMRC to produce timely data, Scotland’s official forecaster has warned.
-
5 Sep 19
The communities secretary has postponed implementation of changes to local government funding following the Fair Funding Review and to business rates retention.
-
5 Sep 19
The Scottish Government has announced plans to become a country with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045.
-
4 Sep 19
International aid spending by the UK government will increase in real terms, chancellor Sajid Javid has announced.
-
4 Sep 19
New chancellor Sajid Javid outlined the government’s plans for education funding as he “turned the page on austerity” in his Spending Round, although Labour criticised his commitments as “meaningless...
-
4 Sep 19
Chancellor Sajid Javid heralded the “end of austerity” during his Spending Round statement, as he handed out £1.5bn for social care.
-
4 Sep 19
CIPFA has appointed former president Andrew Burns as associate director for local government.
-
4 Sep 19
The government has handed NHS trusts guidance and greater flexibility to tackle the pension crisis in the sector.
-
3 Sep 19
The introduction of academy schools has “fragmented” the education system and they should be abolished, an education think-tank has urged.
-
3 Sep 19
HS2 could cost as much as £88bn and faces a seven-year delay, transport secretary Grant Shapps told parliament in a statement today.
-
3 Sep 19
Ambiguity over the future of European structural funding post-Brexit has left economic development in Scotland, which benefits to the tune of €872m across the seven-year EU budget period, in an...
-
2 Sep 19
The prime minister’s £3.5m package for councils, expected to be announced in this week’s Spending Round, would be a “very welcome contribution” if it is not money that has already been announced.
-
2 Sep 19
Lawyers from an environmental charity are writing to 100 councils in England to remind them of their legal obligations to include carbon reduction targets in their Local Plans.
-
31 Aug 19
The chancellor cannot fulfil the prime minister’s spending commitments without exceeding borrowing limits, a think-tank has warned.
-
30 Aug 19
The government has launched a review to discover the scale of Blue Badge fraud and find ways to tackle it.
-
30 Aug 19
The public spending watchdog has launched a review of proposed changes to the code of audit practice, which aims to “refocus local audit”.
-
30 Aug 19
The UK spends the second lowest percentage of GDP on healthcare of all the G7 countries, official data has shown.
-
30 Aug 19
Local authorities in the North and Midlands are still counting the cost of the heavy rains that have fallen across the region over the past few months, they have explained to PF.
-
30 Aug 19
Challenges around housing, transport, skills and environment could be improved if cities were given more powers and funding, according to London’s mayor.
-
30 Aug 19
The government has announced it is to allocate £30m for ports, transport links and councils in an attempt to keep trade flowing smoothly after the Brexit deadline of 31 October.
-
29 Aug 19
If the chancellor does not continue to pay temporary grants for social care next financial year councils in England will be forced to decommission services, an umbrella group has warned.
6 Sep 19The government is looking for an organisation to run pilots to help it improve local authority data collection on homelessness.
6 Sep 19Ministers should make extra public health funding available to councils based on demographic factors, a think-tank has suggested.
5 Sep 19Social care needs a government-sponsored ‘national care service’ to tackle the issue of underinvestment in employees in the sector, MPs have said.
5 Sep 19Councils need more information on funding arrangements behind the government’s waste strategy, MPs have said.
5 Sep 19The assignation of almost £6bn in VAT revenues to the Scottish Government could be undermined by the “disappointing” failure of HMRC to produce timely data, Scotland’s official forecaster has warned.
5 Sep 19The communities secretary has postponed implementation of changes to local government funding following the Fair Funding Review and to business rates retention.
5 Sep 19The Scottish Government has announced plans to become a country with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045.
4 Sep 19International aid spending by the UK government will increase in real terms, chancellor Sajid Javid has announced.
4 Sep 19New chancellor Sajid Javid outlined the government’s plans for education funding as he “turned the page on austerity” in his Spending Round, although Labour criticised his commitments as “meaningless...
4 Sep 19Chancellor Sajid Javid heralded the “end of austerity” during his Spending Round statement, as he handed out £1.5bn for social care.
4 Sep 19CIPFA has appointed former president Andrew Burns as associate director for local government.
4 Sep 19The government has handed NHS trusts guidance and greater flexibility to tackle the pension crisis in the sector.
3 Sep 19The introduction of academy schools has “fragmented” the education system and they should be abolished, an education think-tank has urged.
3 Sep 19HS2 could cost as much as £88bn and faces a seven-year delay, transport secretary Grant Shapps told parliament in a statement today.
3 Sep 19Ambiguity over the future of European structural funding post-Brexit has left economic development in Scotland, which benefits to the tune of €872m across the seven-year EU budget period, in an...
2 Sep 19Lawyers from an environmental charity are writing to 100 councils in England to remind them of their legal obligations to include carbon reduction targets in their Local Plans.
31 Aug 19The chancellor cannot fulfil the prime minister’s spending commitments without exceeding borrowing limits, a think-tank has warned.
30 Aug 19The government has launched a review to discover the scale of Blue Badge fraud and find ways to tackle it.
30 Aug 19The public spending watchdog has launched a review of proposed changes to the code of audit practice, which aims to “refocus local audit”.
30 Aug 19The UK spends the second lowest percentage of GDP on healthcare of all the G7 countries, official data has shown.
30 Aug 19Local authorities in the North and Midlands are still counting the cost of the heavy rains that have fallen across the region over the past few months, they have explained to PF.
30 Aug 19Challenges around housing, transport, skills and environment could be improved if cities were given more powers and funding, according to London’s mayor.
30 Aug 19The government has announced it is to allocate £30m for ports, transport links and councils in an attempt to keep trade flowing smoothly after the Brexit deadline of 31 October.
23 Apr 20
9 Jul 19 to 10 Jul 19
