Finance & Partnership in the news
West Dunbartonshire: 'no improvement'
West Dunbartonshire fails to make improvements identified by auditors as immediate priorities nearly four years ago
Forecast of £20bn black hole in UK finances
Around £20bn of cuts or tax increases are needed by 2014 to close the fiscal gap, leading consultants say
Darling urged to cut spending earlier
The CBI wants the Government to use its last Budget before the election to set out more details of spending plans for government departments
EU probes council parking scheme
The European Union has launches an inquiry into alleged breach of contract laws over a council car parking collective
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Doncaster votes to increase council tax
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'CSR by October' if Labour wins election
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EXCLUSIVE: Total Place councils challenged
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MPs lambast failed Tube PPP deal
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English assembly backed by survey
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Ten task force steps to saving money
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Council websites 'not ready to ease the cuts'
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BBC unveils 'local government day'
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Capita turnover and profits up more than 10%
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‘Freeze now for a more certain future’
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Public sector savings 'not enough'
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City region plans mired in confusion
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CIPFA predicts 1.8% council tax rise
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LGA council tax survey mirrors LGC forecast
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Denham looks to £20bn Total Place savings
Total Place news
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Race to claim the future of Total Place
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EXCLUSIVE: Total Place councils challenged
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Ten task force steps to saving money
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Denham looks to £20bn Total Place savings
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Westminster council: 'We can save millions'
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Unitaries over-deliver on efficiencies
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Fear that Treasury will focus on savings
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Pilot in pioneering £2bn schools bid
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London lists demands alongside efficiencies
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Avoid complacency on cuts, states Denham
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London services 'could slash costs by £11bn'
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Civic Health report to offer budget Total Place
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Radical shake-up of funding of public services
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LGA names Britain's worst quangos
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Councillors ‘yet to engage’ with efficiency
Opinions and Analysis
'Total Place power' an option
Whatever happens to Total Place, councils need a sound legal footing on which to build innovative partnerships and unlock substantial savings
Thinking about numbers
Local government should be almost 15% more efficient than in 2004. How much further can this efficiency go?
Time for change
The pace of change in the retail world means a new approach to the high streets is needed, says Retail Week’s Tim Danaher
More help now for low-income households
Older low-income households with long-term care needs often find themselves in a funding gap: too asset-rich to get council support but too income-poor to pay for care services
Finance Supplement 25 February
PPP model is ripe for a major review
When he recently announced a review of public-private partnerships, shadow chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne made serious criticisms of a model originally introduced by a Conservative government.
A long-term view is needed
Local authorities are set for a nasty surprise with the latest triennial pension fund revaluation, which is due on 31 March. According to actuaries Punter Southall, local government pension scheme deficits have now risen to about 40% of liabilities.
It's back to basics again
The straw that broke the camel’s back was when several well-known US money-market funds ‘broke the buck’ in 2008, with net asset values falling below one dollar
Sponsored articles
Property returns
Recent strong inflows to commercial property are the result of historically very attractive valuations
The benefits of a global approach
Over the past several years, institutional investors have actively considered - and many have implemented - a global approach to real estate investing
Finance Events
- LGC Investment Seminar
- LGC Treasury Management Seminar
- LGC and NLGN: Total Place 2010
- National Improvement and Efficiency Conference
Insight
IFS questions Tory council tax plans
The Tories’ plans to freeze council tax may or may not be fully costed. But, as the IFS points out, costing says nothing about whether it is good policy
Taking a positive view of the inevitable
It is almost a year since LGC carried a front-page story of preparations in local government for the ‘Armageddon scenario’ of funding cuts of up to 40%.
Stability is crucial
After central government honoured its pledge to stick to the three-year finance settlement - what comes next?
A long-term view is needed
Local authorities are set for a nasty surprise with the latest triennial pension fund revaluation, which is due on 31 March. According to actuaries Punter Southall, local government pension scheme deficits have now risen to about 40% of liabilities.
Jobs in the news
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Call for London boroughs to run employment services
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Young people 'driven from rural areas'
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25,000 jobs cuts - BBC survey
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UK councils 'to cut 20,000 jobs'
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Nottinghamshire predicts 1,000 more job cuts
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Long-term job seekers increase as total falls
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Young 'not prepared for the workplace'
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Public sector to be main job cuts focus
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Watchdog launches CEO search
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Councils 'pivotal' in reducing inequalities
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Sevenoaks triumphs in Best Councils survey
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Call to rethink Dungeness nuclear site
