The government's regional policy is too weak to reverse the North-South divide and only slow progress is being made against the limited targets set, according to an influential think-tank.
MPs this week blasted the Highways Agency for its poor management of Britain's roads last winter, just hours after industrialists claimed the transport network was at 'breaking point'.
Places for People may not sound like a housing association but, in the past few weeks, it has gained the sort of the publicity that should ensure it becomes better known.
Unions are likely to focus their annual inflation-busting wage claim on attempts to close the gender pay gap across councils, which was flagged up in this week's long-awaited report from the Local...
Councils need an extra £17m if they are to fulfil emergency planning requirements and meet heightened public expectations in the wake of the September 11 attacks, the Local Government Association has...
Westminster council has called on Chancellor Gordon Brown to intervene in its dispute with the Office for National Statistics after its watchdog cast doubt on the 2001 Census results.
A shadow was cast over plans to introduce a database for children this week after the British Medical Association said it would breach data protection law, while local authorities were also revealed...
Local authorities are demanding a guarantee from Charles Clarke that the promised 4% funding increase for schools next year will not starve other vital services of cash.
Stronger and more formal links between local public service providers are unlikely to materialise unless Whitehall stands by its commitment to relax its hold over local government, a London council...
Chancellor Gordon Brown had urged Scottish politicians to locate their Parliament in an existing building rather than construct a new one, the Holyrood inquiry was told this week.
Town hall leaders fear the government is pressing ahead too quickly with its reforms to children's services, after Education Secretary Charles Clarke revealed he wanted a Bill in next month's Queen's...
Public sector unions have condemned as 'spiteful' the decision by the capital's local authorities to withdraw the offer of an extra £200 London weighting for the lowest-paid council workers.
What a difference a year makes. Almost 12 months ago, senior hospital doctors in England rejected a contract that had been backed by their leaders at the British Medical Association.
Pensioner and anti-council tax groups are to oppose the move led by Kent County Council to give elderly people a discount on the amount of tax they pay.
Home Office ministers and senior police officers have admitted that more work needs to be done to improve police performance, following the publication of indicators that showed falling detection and...
The £2bn flagship scheme to regenerate some of the most deprived communities in England is beset by instability, uncertainty and a shortage of appropriate skills, according to a government-...
Civil service unions have voiced alarm at the 'extraordinary' pace of a Treasury review aimed at slashing billions of pounds off the government's running costs, fearing it may lead to job cuts across...
