In a recent letter to colleagues, Bob Neill reasserted the Conservative Party position on unitary local government. Neill was clear that they would not be supporting any further expansion of Unitaries.
Ministers are making it a legal duty for the government, local authorities and other organisations to help to end child poverty across the UK.
Translating all the localism rhetoric into real devolution of powers and responsibilities, and the extension of democratic accountability, is the only route to delivering greater value for money across the public sector
An all-party group of MPs has criticised councils for not spotting warning signs that Icelandic banks were heading for collapse last October. The Communities and Local Government Select Committee says complacency, lack of expertise and inaction all helped put taxpayers’ money at risk.
The imminent social care green paper will include insurance-based options as well as a minimum level of care support in its proposals, the Kings Fund has predicted
Responding to Government plans to move forward with constitutional renewal, the Conservative leader David Cameron called on Mr Brown to abolish regional development agencies.
Reforms to devolve power from central government to councils and communities are doomed to fail because politicians dont understand localism, a new report has argued.
Nick Clegg called on Gordon Brown during PMQs to stop the Treasury “grabbing” money from council rents and sales and allow local authorities to build new homes
Harry Phibbs comments on our latest report on directly elected mayors. The report included articles from Anthony Browne, Cllr Richard Kemp and Steve Malanga.
The MJ reports on our latest publication, assesing directly elected mayors. It discusses the arguement that there is still not enough evidence to prove directly elected mayors provide any benefits to large cities.