French history suggests Whitehall departments will struggle to decentralise budgets, says Jonatha...
Newham LBC attacks regulators the Gambling Commission for a lack of support, after a court overtu...
The unprotected part of the Department for Education’s budget vulnerable in the run up to next we...
Local government could experience planned Spending Review cuts of up to 12% in 2015/16 if defenc...
The volume of local authority funded homecare services has declined for a second successive year,...
More than 150 council leaders write to George Osborne warning vital local services could be scrap...
Cuts to local government funding having unexpected and far-reaching impact on local communities, ...
Council leaders recognised in honours list also include LGA Conservative group leader and Lancash...
Ministers have been urged to rethink 'counterproductive' and 'perverse' proposals to make local l...
Oftsed launches a consultation over plans to establish a single inspection framework for local au...
