London councils spend £30 million on refurbishment over two years
The BBC has a story about the amount spent by London councils on refurbishing their offices over the last two… Read more »
The BBC has a story about the amount spent by London councils on refurbishing their offices over the last two… Read more »
Labour-run Sunderland Council is choosing to target the vulnerable and cut front line services in applying its spending cuts. The… Read more »
The Daily Mail reports asurvey by the Taxpayers Alliance into the cost for councils of getting new logos. Freedom of Information… Read more »
"Councils pile on tax by stealth," says (£) the headline on the front page of The Sunday Times this morning…. Read more »
Julia Ross, a former Director of Social Services who now runs the Pi Benchmark division on Care and Health, reports… Read more »
Liam Scott-Smith, Government Relations Manager at New Local Government Network and an Executive Member of Bright Blue, says Labour hypocrisy… Read more »
In a recent House of Lords debate on Local Government funding, the Labour peer Baroness Thornton said: I read on… Read more »
The formula for how much money councils get from central government is pretty impenetrable. A big chunk is passed directly… Read more »
So is that what all the fuss was about? Councils face a cut in their "spending power" next year of… Read more »
Gavin Barwell is MP for Croydon Central. He blogs here. In his Emergency Budget in June, the Chancellor set out… Read more »
Redbridge Council has been consulting residents on where the axe on spending its should fall by allowing interactive budget setting… Read more »
Interesting debate on Local Government funding in the House of Commons on Monday. The Shadow Communities Secretary Caroline Flint said: "In… Read more »
By Jonathan Isaby Another day and another example of the kind of public sector waste which will come to an… Read more »
When he was Environment Secretary Nicholas Ridley used to talk approvingly of a local council in the US which used… Read more »
As mentioned before I am rather a fan of Caroline Flint the Shadow Communities Secretary but she does seem too… Read more »