Lord Heseltine, has backed a West Midlands-based pilot project to devolve Whitehall-controlled fu...
Councils should use their new public health role to fight obesity and help cut the weighty annual...
Communities secretary Eric Pickles has prepared a handbook outlining 50 ways councils can save mo...
Council chiefs invited to dial-in to Eland House to give ministers their feedback on next week's ...
Smith Square briefing paper pours scorn on chancellor George Osborne's grand plan.
An additional 200,000 people in Britain could be unemployed this time next year, the Institute fo...
The Local Government Association (LGA) is canvassing members’ views on plans for a sector-led app...
Jonathan Werran on how IFS director Paul Johnson is keen to unmask the conjuring chancellor's fin...
Local government could face 40% real-terms cash cuts without changes to welfare budgets and tax l...
Local authority reserves have increased by 36% over five years to just under £13bn, the Audit Com...
