The requirement for councils to draw up an efficiency plan in return for securing a four-year set...
Councils should no longer be forced to pay for the cost of schools converting into academies, loc...
Heather Jameson analyses the fallout from the local government finance settlement consultation an...
Government plans to create financial certainty through a four-year funding settlement have been u...
The local government minister has pledged to make the procurement process faster and less bureauc...
Almost half of people find the process of giving feedback on council services, consultations and ...
MPs have called for a ‘fundamental reassessment of accountability and oversight’ for all schools ...
Councils brought in to save failing children’s services face falling into the same patterns as th...
Councils must remain at the heart of school place planning, the Local Government Association (LGA...
The phasing out of grants to local government could damage service quality and put councils at ri...
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