Failure to meet strict EU standards on air pollution could add 15 to the average annual council tax bill and kill thousands of people every year, townhalls have warned
Mark Wallace of the Taxpayers Alliance welcomes a shift from the Local Government Association to asking central Government to cut costs – despite it being spurned by the DCLG
I strongly believe that local breakdown requires local solutions. As such I was delighted to welcome to the House of Commons on Wednesday a team highlighting Westminster City Council’s Family Recovery Programme (FRP)
Camden has long considered itself at the cutting edge of fashion and popular culture but now it is claiming another first. A 380-metre stretch of its High Street in North London is to become the citys only naked street.
Tens of thousands of civil servants may be moved out of London in a dramatic downscaling of Whitehall under Labour plans to cut public debts and instil a culture of “smarter government”.
Local authorities should seriously consider moving beyond their current role as service providers towards becoming commissioning and procurement hubs, a study by accountants KPMG and thinktank Localis has claimed.
This publication from the think tank Localis suggests that councils should set self-imposed targets to reduce expenditure by around 20 per cent by 2011. They are urged to reassess their priorities against cost and innovate if they are to achieve much needed expenditure reductions.
Councillor Liam Maxwell, the Lead Member for Policy and Performance, on the next stage of the transparency agenda at Windsor and Maidenhead Council.
Plans to strip England’s regional development agencies of powers have prompted a backlash from business groups, which warn that a gap in regional development must not be allowed to develop.
Localis and KPMG have last week produced a new report, called The Bottom Line: A vision for local government. James Morris, Chief Executive of Localis, discusses the report as he urges for a stronger local government