Confidence in councils’ abilities to deliver services in the next financial year is rapidly falli...
George Osborne is reportedly expected to let councils impose a 2% ‘social care precept’ in this w...
With the Spending Review on the horizon, Paul Dossett examines how councils will need to shape th...
Wales’ public services minister has blamed Whitehall for putting the frontline at risk, but sugge...
The former Essex CC chief executive has described councils as ‘brave’ for attempting to prise pow...
Local government is the most successful tier of government but will be shafted with more financia...
London is ‘another country’ in terms of its attitudes on a wide range of topics, a top pollster h...
Central government’s refusal to release control over local economies has been compared to the att...
Local authorities have paid £3bn in business rates discounts, according to new government figures.
Two out of three county councils have warned their children’s services are facing ‘severe’ or ‘cr...
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