Shropshire Council has applied for a capitalisation direction from the government to fund a £26m transformation programme over the next 12 months.

Partner specialising in public procurement at UK and Ireland law firm Browne Jacobson ...

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Group business development director at Norse Group and Chartered Surveyor. Norse, the UK’s leading LATCo, has established 22 partnerships with local authorities, offering a range of services in the ...

Councils have called for more funding for trading standards services following an investigation highlighting a “postcode lottery” in enforcement.

Prevention – the art of staving off problems before they become large, messy and expensive – has appeared in countless manifestos as a magic wand for fiscal recovery. Yet despatch box promises have ...

Barnet Council has been forced to issue a Section 114 notice after an accounting error saw it make two unlawful transactions in relation to its pension scheme.

Local Government Pension Scheme funds should invest in preventative health measures, according to a think-tank.

The government has set up a cross-party review of adult social care to propose ways to transform the sector, which has faced years of failed or unpopular proposals, and deal with one of the UK’s most ...

Local authorities are continuing to press for millions of pounds of council debt to be written off as part of plans for local government reorganisation despite the government’s insistence that there ...