A cheaper rate for councils hoping to borrow money from the Public Works Loans Board is to be available from November, the government has announced.
Thirty councils across the UK have received 50,000 each of government cash to support their bids to win a 24m ‘future city’ prize.
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Five new future council pilot schemes have been announced by the Local Government Association (LGA).
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Councils look set to have a central role in the government’s welfare reform plans and the rollout of universal credit.
Thirteen areas have been shortlisted to pilot support for claimants of the government’s new single universal credit benefit, it has been announced.
Town halls could be handed greater powers to fine benefit cheats ? rather than pursue expensive and time-consuming legal cases ? under Coalition plans to devolve control of council tax support.
MPs have urged the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) to improve its performance in providing redress for public complaints about local services.