Portsmouth’s energy firm sale falls through
29/08/2019 Portsmouth City Council has admitted defeat in its search for a buyer for its energy company. |
Council buys office to generate income
15/04/2019 South Cambridgeshire DC has made a £13m investment in a high-quality office building to generate an initial net return of around 5.6%. |
Harrogate to launch housing company
07/03/2019 Harrogate BC’s housing company will be up and running next month. |
Reform outsourcing to avoid £30bn bill, think-tank warns
30/10/2018 Bringing outsourced services in-house would cost local government billions, a think-tank has calculated. |
Channel 4 announces list of potential locations for new national headquarters
24/07/2018 Channel 4 has announced that Leeds, Greater Manchester and Birmingham are still in the running to host its new national headquarters. |
Councils spend £3.8bn on commercial property, study reveals
12/04/2018 Local authorities spent nearly £4bn on commercial property assets in recent years, a new study into the issues facing the UK’s town centres has revealed. |
Councils lack PFI management skills, claims report
18/01/2018 Local authorities lack the skills necessary to manage Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contracts and risk not getting the best value for money, new research has warned. |
This issue of Local Government News explores how councils can tackle modern slavery and trafficking in their supply chains, finds out more about Cambridge's first cohousing scheme and the launch of a new project to build a shared service pattern library for local government.
This issue also contains a special focus on children's services and how councils are protecting children following local safeguarding children boards being abolished.
