Multi-year finance settlements are ‘far and away the biggest thing’ the new government could do t...
A new government brings an opportunity to implement longer-term reforms to local audit and help s...
Paul Collier says, thanks to combined authorities, many broken regions will have the agency requi...
Hard choices need to be not only about things we cannot afford in the short-term, but the things ...
Local authority third-party spend rose by 10% on 2021 to £82.7bn in 2023, with vulnerable citizen...
English councils spent £113.5bn in 2022/23 of which almost two thirds was on education and social...
Labour’s new chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced the return of compulsory housebuilding targets.
Despite the urgent issues in local government that need addressing by the new Government, the rea...
Jonathan Werran asks what the sector can expect from the new government, and says stopping more s...
Backers of fiscal devolution have urged the government elected today to reconsider the policy des...
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