Local authority reserves have increased by 36% over five years to just under £13bn, the Audit Com...
Autumn Statement hits local government with further 2% cuts in 2014/15, extending austerity measu...
Local government leaders tell a panel of MPs public health budgets should be ring-fenced until th...
Local government faces further major cash cuts during the current Spending Review as George Osbor...
Ministers have urged poor-performing councils to improve the time taken to place children with ad...
Jonathan Werran asks, 'Does Whitehall actually have an economic growth strategy?'
Communities secretary Eric Pickles has urged councils to be prepared to 'break the rules' in usin...
There's a case for our impartial mandarins to consider the more frequent use of letters of direct...
George Osborne asks departments to justify £49bn pro-growth budgets on eve of Autumn Statement.
Communities secretary Eric Pickles today urged councils to be 'daring', 'bold' and ready to break...
