Local authority expenditure has fallen this year by 5.7% to just above £99.5bn, the first such dr...
Councils have been praised for making shrewd financial decisions as spending falls for the first ...
Audit Commission’s work should be opened up to a whole range of new providers, says Andy Mahon.
DCLG officials in firing line over mismanaged upgrade of fire control rooms.
Audit Commission warns DCLG proposals threaten auditors' independence.
Communities secretary reveals move to make councils ‘85 per cent self-sufficient’
Local government debt, the Chinese way. It's certainly very big, but is it clever....?
Reform of the local government pension scheme is essential and overdue, but it also has to be bot...
Diary shows solidarity with councillors' need for a proper sit-down tea before decision-making.
Greg Clark urges councils to ask Whitehall for the right to run services outside their remit.
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