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Funding cuts risk to devolution, warns NAO

By Dan Peters | 08 July 2015

Government funding cuts could make it difficult for local areas to manage devolved funding effect...

Watchdog hits out at LGA's position on sector-led work

By Dan Peters | 08 July 2015

Concerns about the Local Government Association’s (LGA) current system of sector-led improvement ...

Report shows where taxes are raised

By Dan Peters | 08 July 2015

Local authorities keep an average of just 9p of every £1 generated locally in taxes, with the res...

Trust plummets further from Westminster, study finds

By Dan Peters | 08 July 2015

Trust in Westminster politicians plummets the further you live from London, research published to...

Making the leap into municipal bonds

By Dan Peters | 08 July 2015

Developed through the Local Government Association as a means of reducing councils’ capital finan...

New scheme to 'reduce burdens' proposed

By Dan Peters | 07 July 2015

The Law Commission has launched a consultation today on a new scheme designed to reduce ‘unnecess...

TV doc to highlight council borrowing

By Dan Peters | 06 July 2015

Councils have been urged to stop borrowing from private banks by debt campaigners as a TV documen...

Clark invites LG Challenge winner to Whitehall

By Dan Peters | 06 July 2015

Communities secretary Greg Clark has invited the winner of the Local Government Challenge award t...

LGA 2015: Labour leadership candidates do battle over local government

By Dan Peters | 02 July 2015

Labour leadership candidate Andy Burnham has accused the Government of ‘trying to do devolution w...

LGA 2015: Government accused of referendum hypocrisy

By Dan Peters | 02 July 2015

Three in five councils do not think they can make any more efficiencies, the Local Government Ass...