11/12/2015 - 11:52
Birmingham City Council has warned that 1,200 jobs could be lost in a bid to generate savings of £250 million over the next four years.
10/12/2015 - 11:27
Council leaders have called for tighter controls on Freedom of Information (FoI) requests claiming they are a ‘burden’ on local authorities.
10/12/2015 - 11:25
The National Employers have made a two-year deal to unions, which will see council staff being offered a one per cent pay increase from April 2016, and a further one per cent the following year.
09/12/2015 - 11:48
The government has confirmed that councils will be reimbursed for clean up costs following damage caused by Storm Desmond.
09/12/2015 - 11:44
All large public sector bodies will be required to take on a set number of apprentices this year, which will ensure they make up 2.3 per cent of the public sector workforce.
08/12/2015 - 11:27
A small number of councils are at risk of financial or service failure, a report published by accountancy firm Grant Thornton has cautioned.
08/12/2015 - 11:25
Figures published by the Kings Fund suggest that a two per cent increase to fund social care would raise a lot less than the £2 billion figure claimed by Chancellor George Osborne.
07/12/2015 - 12:35
Plans to make the Midlands an ‘engine of growth’ by creating 300,000 jobs in addition to boosting the national economy by £34 billion has been unveiled at the University of Birmingham.
04/12/2015 - 11:24
Labour has retained its seat in Oldham West and Royton, in the first by-election of this parliament.
04/12/2015 - 11:20
Ashford Borough Council and Kent County Council have signed a new district deal to further develop joint working between councils.
03/12/2015 - 09:08
Councils planning to save money by cutting the length of the primary school week are to be banned from enforcing the cuts.
03/12/2015 - 09:04
Westminster City Counci has partnered with Smart Parking to pilot an electronic permit which will be issued to disabled drivers that will communicate with parking sensors in the road.
