Whitehall's Departmental Capability Reviews should take account of the experience and views of local government, according to a former council chief executive.
The Treasury and the National School of Government are to launch an e-learning training programme to boost financial management skills across Whitehall.
Government attempts to speed up planning decisions must not overlook the need for house building to keep pace with economic growth, social landlords said this week.
Town halls will need more money if they are to help the government achieve their ambitious carbon emission targets, local government leaders warned this week.
The government came under pressure this week to crack down on UK's companies' tacit support of corruption and money-laundering in poor African countries.
Local authorities could start issuing more capital bonds as an alternative to central government borrowing or the Private Finance Initiative, according to credit rating agency Standard & Poor's.
Scottish backbench councillors are to be paid a basic salary of £15,452 a year but leaders will receive less than that recommended by an independent committee.
Housing associations are continuing to receive the lion's share of government money for new homes in spite of fresh competition from private developers.
Local government reforms are threatened by a 'demographic deficit' unless fresh talent is attracted into the sector, an influential think-tank is warning.
Under the UK's presidency of the European Union, the commission made good progress on tightening up its financial controls, auditor general Sir John Bourn said this week.
The local government pensions dispute remains in deadlock, despite emergency talks convened by the government this week following a one-day strike that disrupted council services across the UK.
Schools and dental services are to be the prime beneficiaries of the extra £45m granted to the Welsh Assembly government in Chancellor Gordon Brown's budget.
Government should increase spending on social care for older people by more than 50%, the long-awaited Wanless review of the future of care funding has recommended.
The Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 must prioritise anti-child poverty investment if ministers are to hit their targets on the issue, a new report claims.
Whitehall's scientists this week called on the government to stop its 'schizophrenic and dangerously complacent' approach to science allowing public sites to close while investing £10bn in...
Further education leaders have urged Education Secretary Ruth Kelly to be more radical in her reforms, following publication of the white paper on the future of the sector this week.
Thirty-nine finalists have been selected by the judges of the Public Servants of the Year Awards to go forward to the high-profile ceremony in London in May.
