20/10/2015 - 11:30
A survey conducted by the charity 4Children has found that two-thirds of managers said their budgets have been cut this year, with only four per cent reporting that their budgets had increased.
19/10/2015 - 11:45
Care funding is a postcode lottery, with local authorities in the south paying more than those in the north for long-term care, according to a research conducted by Which?
19/10/2015 - 11:44
According to provisional figures results, local authority schools have achieved higher average GCSE results than free schools.
16/10/2015 - 12:16
According to a study published by the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) an estimated 7,000 council houses per year could be lost when the Right to Buy programme is extended to housing associations.
15/10/2015 - 11:28
According to a joint report published by Deloitte and Reform, the public sector is set to face up to a decade of recalibration in order to adjust to lower spending budgets.
15/10/2015 - 11:25
A new study published by the Local Government Association (LGA) has found that for every £1 spent on initiatives to keep people healthy, almost double could be saved for the public purse within five years.
14/10/2015 - 10:55
A lack of resources is causing local planning authorities to struggle with applications, a new survey has suggested.
14/10/2015 - 10:53
Council’s have been urged to tackle inequality in health services, after a report found that only 18 per cent of councils collect gendered health data.
13/10/2015 - 11:38
Platform London has released an analysis suggesting that local government workers have lost an estimated £683 million from their pension funds, as a result of a drastic fall in coal share prices.
12/10/2015 - 12:21
Councils that do not produce initiatives to increase housing provision by 2017 are at risk of losing control of their planning process.
12/10/2015 - 12:17
Data published by Centrepoint’s Youth Homelessness Charity’s Databank has found that councils turned away 30,000 young homeless people in 2014, as they were unable to provide them with aid or support.
09/10/2015 - 10:55
District councils should lead the way in devolution deals to ensure they improve services and outcomes through better collaboration, a new report has argued.
