Town hall chiefs prepare to downsize as commissioning role looms.
Councils could save more than £300m each year if they reduced the costs of social care assessment...
Civil service professionals’ union, Prospect, has alleged £1.2bn of European funding will be lost...
Children’s charity, Barnardo’s has urged incoming Police and Crime Commissioners to make tackling...
Residents will soon have the right to attend and report on all council meetings involving budgets...
Newcastle City Council to advertise for new chief executive next month, after current boss, Barry...
Net rate yields for business rates increased by 9.1% to £21bn in 2011/12, figures collected by th...
Senior MPs have accuse the Treasury of hiding behind a spending control exercise to lay the groun...
Ministers halve transparency threshold through new guidance and warn councils over redactions.
Coalition leaders have accepted the Dilnot Commission’s recommendations for capping care costs, n...
