Council charges for services such as garden waste removal, funeral services and public lavatories have increased above inflation over the last decade, according to The Times.
A High Court ruling that said a London council has been overcharging tenants for water bills could leave other authorities facing millions of pounds in compensation payments, lawyers have warned.
Treasury management takes a new turn as local authorities knit investment strategy with local growth, social and regeneration ambitions. Karen Day reports.
Libraries in Britain have become more reliant on volunteers as staff numbers have crashed following funding being slashed by nearly a third over the last decade, CIPFA has revealed.
Local government commissioners have called for social impact bonds to be rebranded but this might not be what they need, write academics Dr Alec Fraser and Dr Clare Fitzgerald.
Local trade union branches must be strategically aware of their authority or agency’s policy in respect of outsourcing, writes outsourcing commentator John Tizard.
As more and more councils recognise the severity of the climate crisis and devise ways to tackle it with support from residents, cost becomes a pivotal issue. Neil Merrick reports.
The number of outstanding business rates challenges jumped by 35% over a three-month period - from 9,260 in at the end of June 2019 to 12,580 by the end of September 2019, official figures have shown...
The latest CIPFA/IfG Performance Tracker report highlights a ‘turning point’ in the public sector’s life under austerity but warns that government spending decisions remain short-term. ...
The Conservatives’ funding plans for local government will lead to “further retrenchment” in council services, according to analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Louise Tickle looks at why, when the The Children Act 1989 continues to be described as visionary, so many children are still waiting for the protections it prescribed three decades ago.
The government must remove the hurdles it has set down if it is serious about tackling the escalating housing crisis London is facing, writes Lewisham mayor Damien Egan.
Council spending on key services in England has fallen by £7.8bn a year since 2010 with poorer communities being hit hardest, analysis by the Trade Union Congress has found.
Mediterranean migration down 31%, developing countries burdened by $7.8trn debt and France’s sweeping tax cut plans - all in Numbers Game from the November 2019 edition of...
