The Conservative party plans, which would fund nature protection through the sale of conservation credits to developers, have been met with caution by wildlife groups
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
The Equalities & Human Rights Commission and transport watchdog Passenger Focus have been named amongst Britains worst quangos by a Local Government Association study.
It has been recommended that councils cull spending by 20% by 2011 through doing less, outsourcing more and becoming more financially innovative
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.
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.
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.
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.
Councils should set self-imposed targets to reduce expenditure by around 20 per cent by 2011, a report from Localis and KPMG recommends. Local authorities must reassess their priorities against cost and innovate if they are to achieve the expenditure reductions demanded by 2011.
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.