The Equalities & Human Rights Commission and transport watchdog Passenger Focus have been named amongst Britains worst quangos by a Local Government Association study.
Quangos give local people little say over what they do and are failing to provide value for money for the taxpayer, research from the Local Government Association claims
Concern is growing that councillors are failing to engage fully in the Total Place programme, leading to a lack of democratic input into the public spending debate.
If you are a Council tenant and win the Lottery, what happens? Regeneration expert John Moss says a return to meaningful incentives to buy could generate £75 billion to spend on new housing.
It has been recommended that councils cull spending by 20% by 2011 through doing less, outsourcing more and becoming more financially innovative
Hospitals and schools would be transformed into John Lewis-style partnerships under radical plans that could form a central plank of Labour’s general election manifesto.
Labour railroaded the closure of 2,500 Post Offices with ‘sham’ consultations and ‘a real lack of concern’ for the impact on people’s lives, a damning report from MPs will say today.
Shadow communities secretary Caroline Spelman has raised fundamental questions over the future of local area agreements (LAAs), after stating they ?will probably be eclipsed? by the Total Place programme.
Councils – rather than Whitehall – should commission new partnerships, argues a new report. These should focus on mutual interests along with pre-determined meaningful outcomes – which can be achieved through the use of fluid budgets.
A sweeping programme of self-imposed cuts, reforms and contracting out of services by Scottish councils is recommended in a report by KPMG and Localis.