Kensington and Chelsea LBC has announced it will press ahead with a formal challenge to the Government over its funding. The ...

The Local Outcomes Framework, Whitehall's new approach to council performance after abolishing Oflog, accepts that place ...

The Government's ambition to create a National Care Service presents a significant opportunity to rethink how care is ...

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he wanted to design a fresh model of ‘regional, economic empowerment' across Scotland.

A picture of a system under strain emerged as a wide-ranging inquiry into children's social care got under way. But it is also a system in flux, adapting to meet new challenges insisted two directors ...

Financial sustainability ‘remains a significant corporate risk' at Cheshire East Council, according to an update on its improvement and transformation delivery plan next week. A progress report on the ...

Much of the discussion around the Government's rewiring the state agenda is focused on funding, governance and effective ...

The Government must turn exceptional financial support (EFS) into a ‘managed recovery regime rather than a series of annual ...

The Government has been urged to commit or ‘give up on' its pledge to build the next generation of new towns. A report ...

As I sit writing this evening in front of a crackling fire in the cosy, comforting bar of a traditional Yorkshire Dales B&B, surrounded by excitable tourists, I find myself reflecting on why I'm here.

For new unitary councils establishing shadow authorities, the immediate priority is meeting safe and legal requirements. With ...