Preparing your authority for a citizens’ assembly
Graham Smith, professor of politics at the University of Westminster, looks at how citizens’ assemblies should work with local authorities.
'Scant' budget report criticised by peer review
02/10/2024 A finance peer review of East Hertfordshire DC has criticised the lack of information in a budget report. |
More than £2m needed to sort Welsh recycling scheme
30/09/2024 Senior Denbighshire CC members will be asked to plough more than £2m into a recycling scheme that has led to ‘unacceptable' numbers of missed collections. |
Reeves says 'no return to austerity'
23/09/2024 Chancellor Rachel Reeves has vowed ‘there will be no return to austerity' at the Labour Party Conference. |
'Larger projects slowing down housebuilding rate'
18/09/2024 The speed of approving large developments is slowing down the rate of housebuilding in the UK rather than refusals, research from Warwick University has found. |
Peers find 'blurred' responsibilities between officers and members
17/09/2024 Ashfield DC must resolve issues with the ‘blurred' responsibilities of members and officers, a report from the Local Government Association has said. |
Councils step up to help pensioners hit by winter fuel scheme cuts
16/09/2024 Councils are working to help older people keep their homes warm after the Government axed winter fuel payments for about 10 million pensioners. |
Greater data sharing call after Reeves restricts winter fuel payments
10/09/2024 A group of 14 local authorities has written to Cabinet ministers to call for greater data sharing from central government to increase pension credit claims. |
Gough: Local government under water
04/09/2024 ‘Big changes' to tackle the ‘structural problems' facing local government are needed to help councils survive but ‘priority' is devolution, Kent leader says. |
Fiscal devolution could lead to greater inequalities, warns IFS
03/09/2024 Devolution must come with reform of council funding allocations or it could worsen inequalities, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) think-tank has warned. |
Appointment to oversee shared planning service
02/09/2024 Guildford and Waverley BCs have appointed a single head to oversee shared planning services. |
Scottish Government asks councils to divert funds to cover pay deal
28/08/2024 The Scottish Government has asked councils to divert funds from a Nature Restoration Fund to help them meet the revised local authority pay deal. |
Councils agree on how to split Northamptonshire's final balance
13/08/2024 The two local authorities formed after the demise of Northamptonshire CC have agreed on how to split their predecessor's £40m balance sheet. |
Councils to have greater powers to compulsorily buy green belt land
12/08/2024 Councils will be handed powers to ensure landowners sell green belt land for housebuilding at a reasonable price under the Government's planning reforms. |
Warrington must be 'more realistic' about finances
06/08/2024 Warrington Council urgently needs to get to grips with its complex and risky financial situation, the Local Government Association has said. |
Cyber security warnings for councils in two regions
05/08/2024 Cyber security in councils across two regions of the UK dropped in the last year, an annual test run by the Cyber Centre for Excellence has found. |
Government urged to devolve council tax powers
31/07/2024 The Government should devolve the power to fix council tax rates to local authorities, a think-tank has urged. |
Rayner promises 'biggest increase in affordable housebuilding in a generation'
31/07/2024 Government has confirmed English councils will receive millions of pounds to help them deliver ‘biggest increase in affordable housebuilding in a generation'. |
Audit Wales tells councils to improve performance information
30/07/2024 Councils in Wales are not giving enough information to leaders about what their communities think of their services, a public sector watchdog has found. |
Government to kick off planning consultation
29/07/2024 The Government will release a promised consultation on its updated National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) tomorrow. |
Planning funding restoration needed to meet homes target
23/07/2024 Labour will have to return planning department funding back to 2010 levels to achieve its ambition of 1.5 million homes, a network of councils has said. |
Shell is helping power the journey towards a circular paving industry with Shell Bitumen LT R, a new product for roads that uses plastics destined for landfill as part of the additives to make the bitumen.
Effective Energy Group is now offering its support to the 40 Local Authorities who have received a share of the £430m to deliver their projects on the ground by surveying properties and installing measures.
Dougie Belmore explains how one of the main interfaces between you and Bacs is about to change.
