local authorities

Most billing authorities have yet to finalize details of how the Chancellor's Council fee refund scheme will operate, with some likely to resort to sending checks to those who do not pay by direct debit, LGC has been told. With just…

Braden Fastier / StuffTasman District Council chief executive Janine Dowding is about to take on a new role with the Home Affairs Department on a one-year secondment.Tasman District Council Chief Executive Janine Dowding will lead a team to…

Council leader Ash Ashbee called for central government intervention The central government will not intervene in governance issues on Thanet council - for now - despite a request made by chief authority Cllr Ash Ashbee last year. Last…

Public health teams must maintain crucial skills and capacity to respond quickly to the pandemic if needed in the months and years to come, writes the vice president of the Association of Public Health Directors. Boris Johnson…

New data shows that the funding provided by central government to the Bucks Council has more than halved in just five years. Figures reveal that from the 2015-16 financial year to 2021 government allocated spending has fallen from…

The experience of the pandemic has transformed the relationship between local government and the NHS, writes the King's Fund senior researcher. The Covid years – and an unwelcome second anniversary fast approaching – have been…

FE REPORT | Published: January 23, 2022 8:46:46 a.m. | Update: January 23, 2022 4:01:26 p.m. Calling the recently concluded Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) election a peaceful one, experts on Saturday focused on…

Distrust of one part of government has a ripple effect on trust in other areas, writes the Emeritus Professor of the Institute of Local Government Studies at the University of Birmingham Without public trust, it is impossible for…

Thank you Jacques . This is what you get when a treasury minister comes to local government rather than the other way around. So I'm happy that the sector is happy, and I think I would start by talking a little bit about the role of…

HARARE, ZIMBABWE - In the suburb of Mabvuku, east of Harare, the nation's capital, Sunday and Monday are water days. Jean Chizimba wakes up at 5 a.m., walks to the tap outside his brick house, and turns the valve counterclockwise.…

Ms Slack joined CLGF in 1996 as a Project Officer for the International Bureau of Local Governments (LGIB) and was…

City Council President Jevgeni Ossinovski (SDE) said that next year's city budget will lead to several positive changes, the priority being: “Convenient and safe urban environment, while the budget also pays attention to setting…

2021 has been a busy year for almost all local authorities and Palisade was no exception.Financial hardship…

VSraig Cheney sits slumped in his chair, looking dejected instead of his usually cheerful demeanor. Bristol's deputy mayor, who is also chairman of the city council's finance committee, is set to save £ 23million in next year's budget - on…

Regulatory officers face 'backlogs, pressure on capacity' and 'significant skills gaps in the workforce', with new waves of Covid and new Brexit demands to the horizon. But given the increased demands of the pandemic, the profile of…

Dr Sue Chadwick, planning law expert at Pinsent Masons, said it was "clear" that existing regulations were "inadequate" and left local authorities with "difficult choices". Writing in the Local Government Lawyer, Chadwick said: “It is…

Local government reform has turned into a farce. This was inevitable given that the government sought to achieve this goal through a misguided search for consensus. While this is understandable, given that it needs the support of certain…

As we continue to fight the pandemic, the campaign to recover and rebuild our nation is well advanced. Huge efforts by central and local government, frontline service providers and the citizens themselves have brought us this far,…

David Barton believes leveling the Sefton area will bring many benefits Written by David BartonA prominent Southport heritage activist is proposing that his local authority formally submit a bid to be part of!--kg-card-end:>!--kg-card-begin:>…

The government has been accused of a lack of urgency to deliver on its pledge to appoint a task force comprising political leaders from local governments to engage with officials on the design of the UK's Shared Prosperity Fund…

The Chartered Institute for Public Finance and Accountancy (Cipfa) has been urged to “rethink” proposed changes to its prudential code, fearing that the plans limit the ability of boards to make legitimate investment decisions.…

Two councils in England represented by Conservative ministers have received money under the government's flagship 'race to the top' fund despite being among the least disadvantaged fifths of local authorities in the country.Health Secretary…

How does the Green Party manage the management of local councils? Greens and power are two things that traditionally don't go hand in hand. But as Green Party members from England and Wales gather for their conference in Birmingham this…

Private providers of children's homes and foster families are making "large and persistent" profits by charging cash-strapped local authorities high prices for increasingly scarce placements, the Authority said. competition and markets…

Government plans to offer tailored support to local communities where Covid transmission is stubbornly high appear to have been delayed as public health directors urge ministers to 'seriously consider' additional measures to tackle…

© Jeremy Campbell As the true scale of local government deficits emerges, unlocking the full potential of digital will be key to delivering municipal services in the future, said David McKinney, Managing Director of Local…

Municipalities face a series of dilemmas when building a charging infrastructure A number of councils and local authority groups have developed innovative programs for EV charging infrastructure.…

England may be one of the most fiscally centralized countries in the developed world, but local government still matters. The British councils have budgets of over £ 50 billion. Not that you know it. Our…

The new communities secretary revealed more details about his vision for community-driven decentralization and asked councils to “surprise and delight” with their own decentralization proposals. Michael Gove supported a…

Elected mayors should not be a mandatory part of devolution agreements, MPs said. The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee also said in its Progress of Devolution in England report that devolved powers should be the…

West Midlands CA has warned that it will struggle to meet its goal of achieving zero net carbon emissions by 2041 without an energy decentralization agreement with the government. Ed Cox, Director of Inclusive Growth and Public…

The digital transformation of local government was well underway before the pandemic, but in the past 18 months it has jumped by a decade. Lockdown restrictions meant boards had to innovate quickly for democracy to continue, and…

The Treasury plans to grant municipalities greater freedom to increase the precept of social protection for adults levied on municipal tax bills without being required to hold a referendum. With less than a month to go before the…

Warwick Smith / StuffA view of the Rangitīkei River near Marton after the 2015 floods.A rural council is reluctant to hand over its drinking water, stormwater and wastewater infrastructure, but a resident says it couldn't happen sooner.…

ResQ, a specialist in high-growth outsourced contact centers, appears ready to provide its services to the central government. The company headquartered in Hull has secured a place under Crown Commercial Services as an Approved Supplier. It!-->…

Wednesday September 15, 2021, 2:26 p.m.Press Release: New Plymouth District Council NPDC to discuss central government three-water reforms at public meetingThe New Plymouth mayor and…

The government should think "very carefully" before setting affordable housing targets and should instead allow local…

The pandemic has given local authorities the opportunity to show how effective they can be and how important it is to be able to respond to local circumstances. We are good at times of crisis and we are not bad at managing…

In times of crisis, central governments have often increased their power. Comparing the territorial arrangements of countries facing the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, Davide Vampa argues that centralizing power…

Simon Jenkins makes a strong case for local democracy (Our towns and cities will never prosper if 'local' is a dirty word, Journal, August 2) but there is no point in waiting for a central government, Conservative or Labor , that it…

PRWeek looked at pay gap data collated and published by the Government Equalities Office for five types of public sector organizations – government departments, councils/local authorities, police, fire and…