The Treasury’s decision to increase the interest rate of the Public Work’s Loans Board (PWLB) was a blatant attempt to alter local authority spending behaviour, a senior economist has claimed.
Birmingham City Council has been praised for its role in preparations for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
An English devolution White Paper is planned by the Government, it has been confirmed in the Queen’s Speech.
A call for collaboration has been made in a speech to the Solace Summit by president Martin Swales.
Wirral MBC is legally obliged to abolish its leader and cabinet model and adopt a committee system by May 2020, following a town hall vote.
A report by northern political and business leaders into the HS2 high-speed rail project has said cancelling it would risk scuppering transformation the UK ‘badly needs’.
The Department of Health and Social Care is set to launch the second phase of its advertising campaign to help fill 122,000 vacancies in social care.
A documentary has questioned the tactics of the unions involved in the £548m equal pay claim settled by Glasgow City Council – and their deduction of 6.9% from each individual settlement to cover legal costs.
The care regulator has accused the Government of aggravating the funding pressures in adult social care by stalling on the long-awaited green paper for the sector.
Allegations of misconduct against the deputy chief executive of Thanet DC have been dropped, The MJ understands.
The Patients’ Association (PA) has launched a ‘Care Home Charter’ to improve medication practices for people living in care homes across the UK.
People in advanced old age would feel more in control of their lives if they considered a move to assisted accommodation or residential care before health problems forced them to, say researchers.
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has announced that a future Labour Government would introduce free personal care for people over 65, in a pledge that would cost around £6bn a year.
Researchers have a developed a new tool to assess the likelihood of an older adult suffering from medication-related harm (MRH) after discharge from hospital.
A study has concluded that a vegan diet can be beneficial for all age groups, including children, following a report earlier in the year that it could be damaging to young people.
As district council treasurers wait to hear what scraps may fall from the Treasury table, I can’t help feeling like Oliver Twist as he stood before Mr Bumble with his empty bowl....
The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, is to sponsor a new Fairness Commission, which will report to the city council on issues of fairness involved in setting council spending priorities for 2012-14.
