The Local Government Group (LGG) has launched a mass-consultation on council spending to give residents a say on how savings should be made, ahead of anticipated cuts to town hall budgets in the spending review.
Four councils have been testing the potential of so-called community-based budgets as part of a pilot programme being spearheaded by the coalitions Big Society adviser Lord Wei, LGC has learned.
Conference is upon us and that can only mean one thing, or rather two things alcohol and fringe events. The bad news is that its no champagne for the second year in a row, despite the election result. The good news is that Localis is hosting two exciting events dealing with key localist issues on Monday 4th October, both of which are well worth a visit.
Alex Thomson, the Chief Executive of Localis, says councils should be able to keep the Business Rates. We cannot have true localism when only a quarter of a Council’s budget is raised locally.
Don’t miss this essential conference for IT professionals preparing for the difficulty years ahead. Re-think how to plan, manage, design and deliver essential public services though technology and address the fundamental changes needed in IT.
Islington and Camden LBCs are set to become the first upper-tier councils to share a chief executive.
Value for money checks on local councils and other public bodies will be overseen by the National Audit Office, Eric Pickles has confirmed.
A comprehensive listing of all of Localis’ Party conference events for 2010
The Department for Communities & Local Government has published a list of every item of expenditure above 500 made in the past year.
A dozen pathfinder mutuals in which entrepreneurial public sector staff take control of local services have been announced by Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude.