Cllr Lynne Hack, the Cabinet Member for the Environment on Surrey County Council, says there are cheaper and more ecological alternatives for waste disposal than incineration or landfill
A total of 462 councillors from all parties were surveyed, with much agreement between them on the favoured quangos. While those created by the Labour government were mostly disliked, many of their more long-standing counterparts found wide support
David Cameron has pledged that a Conservative government would from “day one” kickstart 20bn of investment to make millions of homes more energy-efficient in a groundbreaking green partnership with Tesco and Marks & Spencer
Ministers are examining the scope to enable mutuals to run services in social care, housing and children’s centres, Cabinet Office minister Tessa Jowell has revealed
Mark Wallace of the Taxpayers Alliance judges the new CAA ratings and its Oneplace website to have failed in holding Town Halls to account.The CAA replaces the old star rating system for councils
The comprehensive area assessment (CAA) system is unhelpfully judgmental and manifestly unfair, according to a report based on interviews with ‘systems thinking leaders’ at 10 councils.
Hospitals and schools would be transformed into John Lewis-style partnerships under radical plans that could form a central plank of Labour’s general election manifesto
The Audit Commission is battling to sell the Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) to a potential Conservative government after two flagship Tory boroughs revealed that they were ?quitting? the ?costly and ineffective? assessment.
In our recently launched report The Bottom Line KPMG – together with the Think Tank Localis discuss 5 actions for local government that are essential for success in the current and emerging situation” writes Iain Hasdell
Two high performing, low tax, councils have slammed the Audit Commission’s new assessment regime, which they say has proved costly and ineffective.