The local audit system is out of ‘intensive care’ but still in ‘high dependency’, the Government’s preferred candidate to chair the newly created Local Audit Office (LAO) has told MPs.
Placing communities in charge of services will help cut costs and reduce the chance of council fa...
MPs have urged the Government to overhaul the system of developer contributions to boost housing ...
The beleaguered Building Safety Regulator has faced warnings not to be sidetracked by changes in ...
With consultation set to close on the fair funding review, Martin Ford looks at the challenges fa...
'Fiscal devolution – particularly for council tax – has a lot going for it', says Heather Jameson.
Councils must have more power to control their own affairs - accountable not to Westminster in th...
With the sector in crisis and the need for radical change, fundamental questions are being asked ...
Unrest due to breakdowns on social cohesion has been blamed on ‘negligence at the local level’.
A select committee chair has told chancellor Rachel Reeves she is ‘deeply concerned’ over possibl...
Abdool Kara says: 'It’s worth considering how to achieve good governance in the challenging conte...
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