Northamptonshire council and Public Health England have agreed that £8m will to be reinvested in public health services following a row over misspent grant, the local authority has confirmed....
Kensington and Chelsea council’s efforts to re-house residents after the Grenfell Tower fire were ‘incompetent’ and ‘indifferent’, a survivor has suggested to MPs.
The government has launched its promised consultation on banning combustible cladding on the exteriors of high-rise residential buildings, the housing secretary has announced.
A New York-style property levy could give local authorities a multi-billion pound windfall to put toward housebuilding, the Association for Consultancy and Engineering has said.
Local authorities need government funding to help them make a success of the act recently brought in to prevent and reduce homelessness, says the LGiU’s Andrew Walker.
The extra £20bn a year for the NHS is like “pouring water down a sink with no plug in” unless social care also receives a funding boost, council leaders and health groups have...
A leading committee of MPs has pointed to a staggering 1.5 million avoidable A&E admissions as evidence of the government’s underfunding of preventative health care.
Facts and figures from the June 2018 edition of Public Finance magazine with information on the EU workforce in the public sector, London’s population, intergenerational support and the future of the...
An investigation is to be launched into the response of fire services to the Grenfell Tower inferno in which 71 people died, the Metropolitan Police has confirmed.
Wigan Council came out top not only in community engagement category at this year’s Public Finance Innovation Awards but also overall - scooping the Grand Prix prize. Vivienne Russell talks to...
Action on closing gender pay gaps should be based on sound evidence - not quick fixes, says Public Services People Managers Association’s president Karen Grave.
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council spent 25% of its usable reserves last financial year as a result of the Grenfell Tower fire, figures out today have revealed.
Expanding grammar schools will benefit children in better off areas rather than increase opportunity for all, says the Lib Dem’s education spokesperson Layla Moran.
A university is calling for experts to contribute to a platform aimed at sparking debate over the challenges of providing services in the UK in the face of continuous spending cuts.
The government today announced a £50m funding boost to create more school places for children with special education needs and disabilities, but council leaders demanded this be matched with a review...
