Britain’s councils are short of cash, but many are rich in assets. Making that wealth visible gives them choices: better public services, more homes and infrastructure, a stronger urban fabric, and ...

Household names on the high street have set out their views on ways to revitalise the nation’s ailing town centres, as part of an inquiry by MPs that places local council powers under the spotlight.

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At the 27 February backstop date this year, around 40% of English local government bodies received an unmodified audit opinion. Many others have gone over five years without a clean audit opinion, and ...

MPs have criticised the government for paying lip service to the importance of protecting the UK’s historic buildings after it rejected proposals to introduce a ‘reuse-first’ policy to repurpose ...

Dag Detter advises governments on public finance and public commercial assets and previously led the restructuring of Sweden’s state-owned commercial portfolio. Jules Barker is a partner at Trimstone, ...

Official figures showing a reduction in adult social care vacancies gloss over some worrying structural issues that threaten the government’s ambition of a National Care Service, experts say.

The Cabinet Office has set aside around £38.5m to cover a bill and penalties for unpaid tax after it mismanaged its off-payroll working arrangements with contractors.

The PIP system is failing on multiple fronts with one in six recipients not technically eligible for the benefit, analysis by the Resolution Foundation has found.

The global economy “could soon test the limits of resilience” as governments face high debt levels and dwindling fiscal buffers, the International Monetary Fund has warned.

The government should deliver “adequate, long-term funding” for children’s social care in the upcoming Budget, according to the Local Government Association.

Greater protections for private renters which would force landlords to tackle dangerous conditions have been put forward by the government.