Local authorities have urged the government to let them run employment services in London to help cut the capital’s high unemployment figures, in a new report by London Councils
Total Place is a big opportunity to radically shake-up public services, but we face a missed opportunity if the Treasury cannot be persuaded soon that the radical option is a political reality.
A battle over the future direction of Total Place has erupted just weeks before ministers are due to unveil their long-awaited report on the programme, says the LGC.
Wellderly, webinar, disbenefits and under-capacitated are among new forms of jargon being used by the public sector, a survey from the LGA has revealed
James Morris discusses whether social innovation around issues such as housing, health and deprivation can be solved just by big central and local government?
Recent thinking on co-operatives is about continued public service improvements, and a failure of the state not just a rejection of casino capitalism. But there are still many challenges to overcome.
The Audit Commission has called on councils to radically improve their provision of information to boost local democracy and clamp down on fraud, corruption and waste.
The lack of mobile phone reception and broadband coverage in rural areas has become the No 1 issue in dissuading young people from staying on in the countryside, the chair of the Commission for Rural Communities has said.
Councils could be allowed to sell energy generated by renewable sources under proposals designed to boost local government’s green credentials. Ministers want to encourage local authorities to play ?a full part in the development of renewable heat and electricity?.
When George Osborne revealed Tory plans to freeze council tax in 2008, he lit the touchpaper on a debate which shows little sign of abating nearly two years later.