Corridors of Power: Flooding

08 December 2015

Conservative Party special projects officer Sebastian Smith is catching up on the day’s news with...

FINANCE

Authorities 'must make accounts more accessible'

08 December 2015

Councils should produce summary versions of their accounts to increase engagement with the public...

FINANCE

Holyrood puts authorities in a 'straitjacket'

08 December 2015

Scottish council leaders have accused Holyrood of punishing local authorities and putting them in...

FINANCE

More Welsh councils should transfer leisure services to save cash

08 December 2015

Councils in Wales have been too slow to reap the savings that transferring leisure services to ex...

BUSINESS

Airport delivers £39m windfall

08 December 2015

A group of local authorities are to receive their second multi-million pound windfall of the year...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: 5,000 jobs to be scrapped

By Dan Peters | 08 December 2015

Up to 5,000 council employees working on housing benefit could be made redundant, ministers are e...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: April date threatened by tight timetable

By Dan Peters | 08 December 2015

The creation of West Midlands’ combined authority could be delayed for months, The MJ can exclusi...

FINANCE

£50m government flood fund will be controlled by councils

By Thomas Bridge | 08 December 2015

A £50m government scheme to help with repairs following the floods in Cumbria and Lancashire CCs ...

FINANCE

Finance shake-up will 'hit poor councils hardest'

By Sam Clayden | 08 December 2015

The chancellor's ‘devolution revolution’ will increase the gap between richer and poorer areas, a...

FINANCE

Birmingham City Council 'turning a corner'

By Dan Peters | 08 December 2015

Birmingham City Council is ‘turning a corner’ and has ‘increased the pace of change,’ a progress ...