A wide-reaching parliamentary inquiry is likely to be launched into local government finances, the chair of the housing, communities and local government select committee Clive Betts has revealed to...
Ministers have laid the foundations for a new era in council housebuilding and say it is up to authorities to deliver. What plans are afoot, and are councils ready to step up? Neil Merrick...
When hard times hit, it is invariably women who are worst affected. But gender budgeting can help target public resources more effectively, CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman argues.
Improvement in some council services is starting to slow for the first time in almost a decade against a backdrop of declining public satisfaction, according to the latest overview of local...
Parents are being increasingly pressured into home-schooling leaving councils unable to ensure children are adequately educated, the Children’s Commissioner for England has said.
