Every council could be publicly graded red, amber or green for financial resilience under plans by finance chiefs to avoid another financial collapse, The MJ has learnt.
Hopes are fading that the Government’s devolution framework will jump-start the agenda when it is finally published.
Wildly different spending levels in children’s services owe more to local demographic factors than to inefficiency or political decision, an independent report for the Local Government Association (LGA) has revealed today.
The chief executive of North Tyneside MBC is to move to Sunderland City Council.
Concerns have been raised over the future of local industrial strategies, amid fears Whitehall will fail to push the policy further than just a few urban areas.
The time is now right to extend the responsibilities of local government in Northern Ireland through greater devolution from Stormont, a new report said today.
It will take a 'generation’ to restore public trust in Kensington & Chelsea RLBC, its leader has told a panel of MPs.
English local authorities have been urged to shift their motivation for implementing social impact bonds (SIBs) to unleash the creative potential of the tool.
Members of the GMB Scotland trade union have rejected the Scottish local government pay offer, potentially sparking industrial action.
A coalition of northern local government leaders has called for full powers governing the management of all rail infrastructure to be handed to the region.
Nearly 1.5 million emergency hospital admissions could have been avoided if the right care had been in place, MPs have warned today.
Bob Neill asks why more local authorities are not making more use of the valuable skills and perspectives a magistrate within their workforce can provide.
Salford has seen a wave of regeneration in the past 30 years. Sam Clayden speaks to the council’s chief executive about its journey.
The Welsh Government has announced new capital funding totaling £266m for projects including schools, transport links and broadband.
ALACE chiefs joined by senior sector figures in frustation at focus on supposedly high pay for chief executives
For reasons which need not concern readers, last week I found myself leafing through a copy of the 1998 Comprehensive Spending Review. It was certainly striking to take a step back into the world of public service reform of almost 10 years ago...
Succession planning is critical for any organisation, but particularly for local government, which has an ageing workforce. Dr Wendy Hirsh writes
Lancashire CC has announced it is bringing several services back in-house from its controversial partnership with BT, One Connect Limited (OCL).
