The Local Government Association (LGA) Peer Review report has been published after a visit to Derby earlier this year.
The LGA brought a team of top local government leaders and professionals to Derby as one of their series of visits across the country.
Over 200 councils have undergone an independent peer review since the voluntary scheme was introduced in 2011 to identify improvements.

A £4.5 million fund to help reduce waiting times for assessments and delayed discharges in Edinburgh has been approved by the EIJB.

The government has launched complaint service of the Small Business Commissioner to ensure fair payment practices for small businesses in Wales.

Homelessness across England is now ‘a national crisis’, with a new report sating the government’s attitude has been 'unacceptably complacent'.

Speaking in the House of Commons, Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has announced that councils will be allowed to increase their core council tax.
Stating that ‘councils need greater control of the money that they raise’, Javid revealed his draft local government finance settlement, which included plans that give councils the ability to increase their core council tax requirement by an additional one per cent without a local referendum.

One million children living in poverty in England will miss out on free school meals under new universal credit proposals.

Nottingham City Council is aiming to save another £27 million its budget next year, but has warned that rising costs and funding cuts have left it at tipping point.
The council, which has seen its grant funding cut by half in the last three years alone, has managed to identify £21 million of savings to date, meaning an extra £6 million of savings needs to be found to balance the budget.