Council chiefs have urged Whitehall to be ready to ease pressures on the sector for up to six mon...
After the big developments of the past week – with the improvement team finishing its interventio...
The MHCLG review of the money councils get is welcome - but we need a wider look at local authori...
Council finance directors have been urged to detail the pressures facing services and the savings...
Local government’s hopes for a dramatic post-Brexit shake-up of funding are fading.
‘Early signs’ of escalating community tensions and hate crime related to Brexit have been reporte...
The legality of proposed reforms to local government pension schemes has been questioned.
Marsham Street has been accused of relying on ‘gossip’ to track councils’ commercial ventures.
An inquiry into council finance has heard warnings of a gap in oversight of the sector.
Local authorities built 3,540 homes in the UK in 2017/18, the highest in 17 years. according to l...
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