Audit Commission warns DCLG proposals threaten auditors' independence.
Communities secretary reveals move to make councils ‘85 per cent self-sufficient’
Local government debt, the Chinese way. It's certainly very big, but is it clever....?
Reform of the local government pension scheme is essential and overdue, but it also has to be bot...
Diary shows solidarity with councillors' need for a proper sit-down tea before decision-making.
Greg Clark urges councils to ask Whitehall for the right to run services outside their remit.
Andrew Stunell reassures councils about the forthcoming localised finance regime.
Councillors are against changes to housing benefit according to a survey.
Cost, cuts and the future of audit along with a planned radical overhaul of public services all f...
Over the past 18 months, shared services have become the coalition government’s solution to sooth...
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