Proportion of local authorities taking council tax freeze grant has decreased from 85% last year ...
Jonathan Werran on what local government can learn from George Orwell's observations on Whitehall...
Education secretary Michael Gove sends experts to Doncaster MBC to determine whether the authorit...
‘Irrational’ civil service financial modelling on future housing benefit demand threatens local a...
Council chiefs have vowed to mount a legal challenge if the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP...
Prime minister David Cameron approves community budgets guide, saying Whitehall budget 'no match ...
Spending watchdogs have cast doubt on whether current levels of local authority funding are suffi...
Plans to merge London boroughs’ pension pots could result in a £598 increase to the council tax b...
Experts query the ability of Whitehall departments to deliver the scale of ‘single pot’ Lord Hese...
Local government bodies call on communities secretary to rethink plans to axe job protection meas...
