As many as five million people struggle to get to their local Post Office, according to Government research. The report by the Department for Communities and Local Government found one in 10 households ? had problems accessing their local branch.
The term “local government”, as applied to Britain, must be one of the most misused in our language. Many of us are not governed locally. At best, we depend on a local administration to sweep streets, collect rubbish, provide social care, libraries, schools although education, arguably, is barely a local service any longer and maybe housing.
Gordon Browns guarantee to introduce a national care service looks set to blow a £250m hole in local authority budgets. The Department of Health has put the schemes annual cost at £670m. It will contribute £420m leaving councils to find £250m.
We are pleased to announce our full party conference programme, consisting of 7 events. We are having a presence all of 3 major conferences – Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat.
We are pleased to announce our full party conference programme, consisting of 7 events. We are having a presence all of 3 major conferences – Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat.
Billions of pounds could be saved if public services were rethought on the basis of themes rather than organisations, according to the findings of a scheme seeking low-pain ways to cut government spending.
Local government has surpassed its efficiency savings targets after recording 1.76bn worth of value for money savings for 2008-09, communities secretary John Denham has announced.
Westminster City Council is calling on the government to carry out extensive reform of the rules on social housing. In a letter to housing minister John Healey, the council demands that the local connection rule should be changed to reflect local differences and that local authorities should be allowed to provide a greater range of tenancies.
Westminster City Council will next week begin operating under its new strategic commissioning framework as part of a restructuring programme designed to save £30 million over the next three years.
Communities secretary John Denham has urged councils to join together to bulk buy goods and services in a bid to slash local governments £42bn bill for external contracts.