Copeland BC’s strategic housing service is ‘poor’, the Audit Commission has reported.
Police authorities this week joined PM Gordon Brown in urging councils to help protect frontline ...
Fears that local government will bear the brunt of cutbacks under a Conservative Government have ...
A task force set up by the Government to make councils more efficient has side-stepped the issue ...
Cheltenham BC wasted £2.1m during its failed bid to sue a former managing director with a mental ...
Communities secretary John Denham’s plans to lift the lid on ‘boomerang bosses’ is set to be a da...
Using the public sector’s £175bn procurement power effectively can yield huge benefits for local ...
Trying to encourage take-up of cultural services can be tough. A recent MJ debate, organised with...
Social care reforms risk increasing the burden on overworked council employees, which could drive...
Standards for England chief executive, Glenys Stacey, responds to recent coverage in The MJ criti...