More than half of council chief executives believe further job cuts will be necessary over the next 18 months, a new survey from KPMG and Total Politics has found.
The Audit Commission has retracted its accusation of negligence levelled at seven local authorities for depositing funds in Icelandic banks shortly before they crashed.
A National Local Investment Fund should be set up to kick-start mass investment into the growing social and environmental markets, says a new report from Localis, the local government and localist think tank
A National Local Investment Fund should be set up to kick-start mass investment into the growing social and environmental markets, says a new report from Localis, the local government and localist think tank.
A package of measures to help boost the construction industry during the recession has been announced by new housing minister John Healey. Developers are to be given more time to start building and further flexibility to adapt building plans.
Union activists are gearing up to use equalities legislation to fight cash-strapped councils efficiency savings proposals and outsourcing deals. Unison, the trade union used their annual conference to make the claims.
A legally enforceable charter giving local councils powers to prevent unwarranted interference by central government is to be proposed by the communities secretary, John Denham.
Nine years after its last examination of asset management, the Audit Commission finds that few councils are managing strategically their £250 billion of assets.
The Scottish Parliament should be given sweeping new powers to levy income tax in an effort to make it far more accountable to its electors, a major review of devolution concluded yesterday.
Gordon Brown is poised to freeup billions of pounds to tackle Britain’s council house crisis. Now the PM is considering letting councils keep profits from rents and right-to-buy schemes instead of passing them to the Treasury.