Cllr Stephen Greenhalgh, Cllr Colin Barrow and Cllr Edward Lister, Leaders of three flagship London Councils are asking the new Government for the freedom to show how to save £13.9bn of public money while delivering better services
Elderly people who have been in residential care for two years will have the costs paid for the rest of their lives under Labour plans to reshape the welfare state, The Times has learnt
The Greater Manchester city region is to go ahead after the last wavering council, Stockport MBC, came on board. The city region project suffered a blow earlier this month when Stockport and Trafford MBCs abstained on its creation.Trafford later decided to join
Extra funding of 180m has been pledged for a ?major expansion? of financial services offered by the Post Office. The new money is on top of 1.7bn currently being invested in the 11,500 branches, with the aim of making them more sustainable.
Hammersmith & Fulham LBC is LGCs Council of the Year – praised by the judges for doing something very special in challenging times. The tribute came at the climax of the annual awards at Londons Grosvenor House Hotel.
Last week saw the launch of the latest book from John Seddon’s stable, Systems Thinking in the Public Sector: Case studies delivering public services that work. It is a volume of case studies showing how local authorities using his ideas have made massive improvements in service in conjunction with dramatic reductions in costs.
Last week saw the launch of the latest book from John Seddons stable, Systems Thinking in the Public Sector: Case studies delivering public services that work. It is a volume of case studies showing how local authorities using his ideas have made massive improvements in service in conjunction with dramatic reductions in costs.
The future of libraries depends on the ability of councils to lead reform, rather than followng clauses and conditions decided by central government, the LGA has said
Total Place will not fulfil its potential unless radical changes are made to how public services are delivered, senior local government figures have warned
Britain’s political class is accused today of a pre-election conspiracy of silence over how to meet rising financial demands on the welfare state, estimated at an extra 60bn-80bn over the next two decades