The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) is facing opposition from its own members to its proposals for a traffic light-style resilience index, The MJ understands.
Lib Dem leader Sir Vince Cable has called for a land value tax to replace the current business rates system.
Lancashire CC has been taken out of special measures following improvements to its children’s services.
Smith Square’s former head of programmes, Paul Raynes, is in line to join the team of directors at the new Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority.
Two unitary councils could be created in Northamptonshire under proposals unveiled today.
The Local Government Association (LGA) has added to Whitehall’s Brexit headache as it today warned of wide-ranging implications of failing to secure an EU deal.
A care firm would become the second largest provider in the country if it succeeds in taking over a rival.
Haringey LBC could invest £1.6m in 2019/20 to allow some of its poorest residents to not pay council tax.
Torbay Council has been forced to announce an ‘immediate moratorium’ on all non-urgent expenditure.
A separate grant to reward councils that help Government achieve its policy objectives under business rates retention could be introduced, The MJ understands.
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.
Local authority pension funds are better at managing non-financial investment risks – such as irresponsible lending by companies within their portfolios – than private sector retirement schemes, a study has revealed.
Nudge nudge, wink wink’ is a phrase we associate with something a bit dodgy, more innuendo than straight talking. Perhaps that’s why I’m so suspicious of the Coalition’s enthusiasm for ‘nudge’ as a policy.
