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Archive: Communities And Local Government
UK 'not ready' for national health emergency
Serious question-marks about who would be in charge in the event of a national health emergency are hanging over the UK, MPs have warned.
Default 'yes' for planning proposals under pressure
MPs pour scorn on 'national citizen service' idea
Minister warns of cousin marriage birth defects
Heroes Road: Labour wants local streets renamed
Labour MPs have proposed local councils consider renaming streets after fallen soldiers.
Viva la revolution: Cities ready to break Whitehall's shackles
Local authorities could be on the brink of a revolution freeing them from subservience to Whitehall, the leader of Manchester city council has claimed.
Councils unite to address troubled families
Ministers are on track to meet their goal of reducing the number of troubled families, according to the Department for Communities and Local Government.
Default 'yes' for planning proposals under pressure
Contingency plans for the collapse of the euro should be talked about more openly to "soften the blow" to the British public, a leading eurosceptic has said.
Catastrophe readiness 'hurt by localism'
Future responses to 'catastrophic' events may be undermined by the coalition's localism drive, a government adviser has told politics.co.uk.
Ministers tackle the paperclips
Improving the way the government purchases its stationery and office services has already saved £1 billion, Francis Maude has announced.
Labour strengthens grip on hung councils
Late additions to the list of Labour's councils are improving the party's final showing from last month's local elections.
Poll: Welsh Labour could just miss majority
Labour is poised to win the most seats in the Welsh Assembly elections but could just miss out on an outright majority.
Scott: Lib Dems stopping return to Thatcherism
The Liberal Democrats are stopping the Tories from "doing their worst", Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Tavish Scott has said.
Councils hit back over 'ill-founded' street party attacks
Local authorities have a positive approach to street parties which does not reflect ministers' "disingenuous claims", according to the LGA.
Shapps hits out at cash-hoarding Labour councils
Labour councils who are making public service cuts while refusing to dip into their cash reserves are facing criticism from Grant Shapps.
Coalition's immigration truce collapses
Vince Cable has accused the prime minister of "inflaming extremism", as the two coalition parties clash on immigration.
'It took the Lib Dems a while to get our act together' Hughes admits
The Liberal Democrats took a while to "get their act together" in May, the party's deputy leader will admit later.
Royal wedding: Cameron hostile to 'interfering' councils
Local authorities have been told not to "interfere" in royal wedding street parties by senior Conservative figures.
Threat of 'planning vacuum' in England
England is at risk of a "planning vacuum" after regional planning is dismantled, an influential committee of MPs has found.
Council bosses' pay jumps again
The number of council employees earning six-figure salaries jumped by nearly a fifth last year, figures show.
Relief as government secures council tax freeze
New data suggesting that local councils in England will freeze their council tax this year has been greeted with relief in government.
Nick Clegg: We must engage extremists
Liberals must be willing to engage extremists in argument, Nick Clegg has said.
Councils told to share services to survive cuts
Councils have been urged to "boldly go beyond the back office" when it comes to shared services
Cameron eyes private sector future for public services
David Cameron has signalled a renewed emphasis on handing public services to the private sector.
Localism bill 'too centrist'
The localism bill's provisions on council housing have come under fire from the Local Government Association (LGA) for being too centrist.
PM's volunteering model 'won't cover costs'
Specialist responses from the volunteering sector "won't happen" if the government does not change its course, a homeless charity chief has said.
Council recycling demands revealed
There are "shocking" discrepancies in the number of bins that councils ask resident to use, according to a report from the Taxpayer's Alliance.
Muslim protest mars Cameron's east London visit
David Cameron's welfare reform launch suffered a minor setback from disruption by a small group of Muslim protesters.
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