Councils could miss out on the chance to improve local services if ministers do not remove barriers to staff mutuals and co-operatives, an influential group of MPs has reported.
Alex Thomson, Chief Executive of Localis, contributed alongside leading local government figures such as Hilary Benn MP to the latest Public Service Review magazine, making the case for local authorities to take the lead on regeneration.
Alex Thomson suggests that a number of councils would soon find themselves receiving no grant at all, funded from council tax receipts and their locally-retained share of business rates only poor but free, in other words.
George Osborne is set to announce this week that he is cutting the bureaucracy surrounding a £1bn green tax but has ruled out scrapping the levy, known as the carbon reduction commitment.
According to Einstein, insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. So why are we surprised when aspects of government activity, that for decades have failed to change the trajectories of peoples’ lives, still don’t work?
Households could be given cash back through their electricity bills if they reduce their consumption by installing green light bulbs and appliances, the Government said last night.
Localis’ Alex Thomson speaks to Planning Magazine at the IED Conference 2012 about the performance and future of Local Enterprise Partnerships.
Joined-up health and social care should become the norm in the next five years, the Department of Health and Department for Communities & Local Government have said.
Delayed plans to roll out high-speed broadband to more remote parts of the UK can finally begin after the EU gave approval for state aid for the project.
Millions of people will be able to extend their garages, offices and industrial buildings without asking for council permission, under government plans.