Officials at the Audit Commission are already preparing for an alternative inspection system to the comprehensive area assessment (CAA) in case the Conservative Party wins power.
Lynne Hack, Surrey’s Cabinet member for the Environment, said the council was proposing to build the park at the existing waste management facility at Charlton Lane, Shepperton. She said the park was “a key element” of the authority’s new “waste vision” and would be the first of its kind in the country
A paper for the think tank Localis co-authored by Hammersmith & Fulham council leader Stephen Greenhalgh has made waves by calling for the wholesale deregulation of social housing
England’s regeneration agency has unveiled a set of proposals that would enable it to reinvest returns from its funding of affordable housing back into the delivery of further social housing
Cllr Andrew Povey, the leader of Surrey County Council, makes the point that often when we talk of “choice” within the current system we mean “preference.
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
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
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
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