Proposed protections for councils facing large EU fines have been given the stamp of approval by ministers.
Local authorities will be put in charge of a 330m social care fund for disabled people, under plans published by the Department for Work and Pensions.
The head of the staff-owned training company Prospects, has urged the Government to spread the ‘John Lewis effect’, and increase the number of mutuals.
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has announced £200 million of funding to encourage the development of specialist housing for older people.
The LGA has called for the government to commit to a concrete timescale for reforming and funding social care following the publication of the long-awaited social care white paper.
A fourth senior minister this week urged councils to ‘push back’ at Whitehall edicts and use new powers to improve communities ? indicating the coalition remains keen on its devolution agenda as it heads into Parliament’s summer recess.
Localis’ Alex Thomson argues for a shift of funding from acute to preventative care, as a recent LGA report exposes a 16.5bn shortfall in local authority funding by 2020.
Report shows number of public sector mutuals has risen from nine to more than 50, but falls well short of government targets
Chief executives and senior directors will sit on NHS panels advising on whether commissioning groups (CCGs) should be authorised.
Cllr Peter John takes a whistle stop tour of regeneration in Southwark. Grow your own way, a new report from think-tank Localis looks at local approaches to regeneration and includes a case study on Southwark.