Latest Local Government News
Essex select Lord Hanningfield replacement
Essex County Council appoints new leader after Lord Hanningfield’s resignation
Council pilot protects cash-strapped elderly
Nottinghamshire pilots annuity scheme to help stop self-funders running out of cash
'Free' personal care to cost region £100m a year
Regional grouping calls for full Government funding to underwrite conference pledge
Fire control centres may have to be scrapped
A controversial scheme to build new fire control centres - already years behind schedule and over the budget - may have to be scrapped
Burnham rejects £20,000 'death duty' reports
The Health Secretary denies backing a new £20,000 death duty to pay for radical reform of social care for the elderly
Ex-leader urges greater social policy scrutiny
Programmes to tackle social problems like teenage pregnancy, drug and alcohol abuse and joblessness should be submitted to independent scrutiny, says former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith
Council staff join foreign reconstruction efforts
Local government staff are joining volunteers who will be ready for deployment to countries emerging from conflict and crisis
County chief takes 5% pay cut
Devon County Council chief executive Phil Norrey takes a salary cut “to demonstrate restraint”
Affordable housing 'bleaker than ever'
The prospects of getting an affordable home are looking bleaker than ever for millions of people, housing associations warn
Councils maintain safe investment approach
Councils continue to pile money into rock-solid government accounts and other safe havens but inflation may put pressure on councils to achieve better returns
Education structure top-heavy says LGA
A re-structuring of post-16 education will waste public money unless the structures around it are radically slimmed down, council leaders are warning
Builders cry foul over council work
Building contractors claim they are being increasingly marginalised by the public sector despite Government pledges to improve access to work
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Nottinghamshire floats super-centre plan
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Ex-Auditor General bailed over 'indecent images'
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Tories would tie councils’ hands on new schools
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Help for elderly to return home after care
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Caution urged on late-night alcohol bans
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Hanningfield resigns after expenses charges
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Follett sorry over expenses claims
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Surge in quango spending under Brown
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Call to give councils greater powers
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Academies urge ICGSE introduction
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Gains for Labour as Ukip makes ground
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Sevenoaks triumphs in Best Councils survey
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Laird thwarted in Cheltenham appeal
We say...
Avoiding being localist only in opposition
Public opinion is shaped, if not led, by the media, which would seize upon the postcode lottery argument
LGC Opinion
The Conservatives haven't lived up to their rhetoric
The limits of David Cameron’s commitment to localism have been evident for some time
A rather clumsy episode
The row over Audit Commission lobbying resulted from a series of mistakes, not political bias: the Audit Commission includes politicians from all parties
Community Partnership Awards
Community Partnership Awards 2010 - the winners
The winners of the Community Partnership Awards 2010 are announced at a ceremony at Grosvenor House Hotel in London
Latest Blogs
Devolution: build it and they will come?
In light of Philip Hammond’s response to Paul Carter’s proposals, can radical devolution of decision-making ever appear to be worth the risk to ministers - or their shadows?
Wearside wonders
Sunderland does it again - leading the way in digital local government to tackle social exclusion
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Energy Efficiency
The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme affects up to 20,000 organisations. Are you one of them?
The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme comes into effect on 1 April 2010. Are you ready?
Listen to an audiocast from the Environment Agency featuring CRC project executive Andrew Hitchings.
