Anyone who leaves their house empty for six months or more should face the threat of losing it, ministers said yesterday.
Retired social workers are being targeted in an effort to fill shortages
Councils need greater freedom to innovate, if they are to deliver the very best services for local people, says James Morris
Local government staff were warned of more job cuts last night
James Morris discusses the recent Conservative green paper – ‘Control shift’ in a comment piece published in Whitehall & Westminster World
Admissions lotteries being used by some of the best schools in the country could be scrapped after being criticised as “unfair” by the Schools Secretary
Councils across the UK are being told to cut the size of wheelie bins issued as part of an attempt to encouraging recycling
Councils will be forced to reveal the pay packages of their chief executives following concern at spiralling salaries.
Tonnes of toxic waste collected from British municipal dumps is being sent illegally to Africa in flagrant breach of this country’s obligation.
The success of Boris Johnson as Mayor of London has inspired a Conservative plan to invite every major town and city in the country to elect a mayor of their own