29/01/2013 - 11:43
Southwark Council has recouped an astonishing £500,000 following a review of council tax discounts and exemptions awarded to people who are no longer students across the borough.
29/01/2013 - 11:43
A new shared services map, launched by the Local Government Association (LGA), shows that councils have made £263 million of efficiency savings, by teaming up to deliver frontline services.
29/01/2013 - 11:42
Office space will now be able to be converted into homes without the need for planning permission, ministers have revealed.
09/01/2013 - 15:06
David Cameron has given the government's Start-Up Loans scheme a £30 million boost, which increases the total sum available to new businesses to £110 million over the next three years.
09/01/2013 - 15:05
UK manufacturing finished 2012 on a positive note after hitting a 15-month high in December. The Markit Purchasing Manager’s Index rose back in December, beating expectations by registering 51.4.
09/01/2013 - 15:04
Government plans for next generation shared services in the public sector will save taxpayers up to £500m a year, the Cabinet Office has claimed.
18/12/2012 - 10:42
England's councils, fire and rescue authorities, police bodies, and other local government bodies, improved the quality and timeliness of their financial reporting in 2011/12.
18/12/2012 - 10:41
Department for Communities and Local Government will offer low-cost retail floorspace for startups at London HQ
18/12/2012 - 10:40
Local Government Minister Baroness Hanham welcomes the ‘Fighting Fraud Locally’ end of year review.
18/12/2012 - 10:39
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is set to receive the highest allocation of funding under the government's New Homes Bonus in 2013/14, according to figures released.
13/12/2012 - 11:42
Local Government leaders in the UK are failing to keep up with the increasing rate of change that they face
05/12/2012 - 15:48
Road building, efficient computing, and energy storage technologies big winners from new £5bn capital spending commitment, but more departmental cuts now expected next year
