CIPFA members Jon Thompson, chief executive of HMRC, and former NHS Improvement chief executive Jim Mackey were among a host of public servants named in the Queen’s New Year Honours...
Local authorities should use empty shops more effectively and reduce parking charges to bring the high streets back to life, according to recommendations made to the government.
Local authorities may withdraw from providing asylum accommodation because they take on a “disproportionate share” of responsibilities with little support, MPs have warned.
If it wants to avoid another Carillion-style disaster, the government should urgently review the health of the outsourcing market, says Sarah Nickson of the Institute for Government.
Austerity is not yet over for local government, representatives said as they criticised the government for failing to provide sustainability in the provisional finance settlement.
Government contractors have signed up to a ‘living wills’ pilot, aimed at ensuring contingency plans are in place if another company fails in the same way as Carillion.
Local government in the UK has been “gutted” by government policies reflecting the “dismantling of the social safety net”, a United Nations report has found.
Public systems should not be regarded as machines but as gardens that require cultivation rather than control, argues Adrian Brown of the Centre for Public Impact.
Government is increasingly shifting the costs of public services on to citizens as the effects of austerity continue, a CIPFA-backed analysis out today has revealed.
Partnerships between the public and private sector have a future but need another level of scrutiny - which could be done by the people themselves, says deputy director of NLGN Jessica...
Local government finances are to come under greater pressure and there will be “few winners”, a CIPFA and Institute for Government fringe at the Conservative Party conference has heard.
The government will secure a Brexit deal that will create a ‘dividend’ to keep taxes low and support public services, the chancellor told the Conservative conference today.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn promised to “confront the challenge of rebuilding our public services” after nearly a decade of austerity, at the party’s conference today.
It’s time for local leaders to come together and lobby the government on issues of common concern, says think-tank Centre for Cities chief executive Andrew Carter.
Westminster is “shamefully” ignoring local government because it is “submerged by the Brexit debate”, former head of the civil service Bob Kerslake has claimed.
The ruling over Northamptonshire’s library closure plans is a reminder that libraries are a statutory service – so more should be made of them, says Cilip’s Mark Taylor.
Data analysis and sharing has the potential to transform services but public confidence needs to be upheld. The public sector should take the lead, argues Sarah Timmis of Reform.
Families rely more on food banks over the summer holidays because children do not have access to free school meals, according to an anti-poverty charity.
