A selection of images representing communities.
The ten most recent corporate reports published on the local government site.
This publication contains information relating to Putting the Frontline First: Smarter Government, with specific reference to outcomes for the 2010 Budget.
Final Government Response to the Select Committee Report into The Balance of Power: Central and Local Government in respect of recommendations 2, 4, 5, 6, 26 and 28.
Response to the Communites and Local Government Select Committee report on Retail Markets, covering covered and uncovered markets, including specialist markets, focusing particularly on farmers' markets.
List of headline definitions of the National Indicators for Local Authorities and their Partners - October 2007.
Greater value for money - efficiency - will be key to meeting the challenges councils face. This document outlines the opportunities for councils to make efficiency gains and the support activities designed to promote them.
Announces the introduction of a new power for local authorities in England to raise and retain local supplements on the national business rate in order to fund projects that will promote economic development.
This report provides an analysis of early approaches to recovery in poorly performing local authorities. It draws on baseline studies of five councils and on the response of central government and national agencies.
This report provides an analysis of the first eighteen months of the study. It looks at why some councils become poor performers; what recovery approaches work; and the impact of recovery strategies on levels of performance.
This report concludes the research into why some councils become poor performers; what approaches to recovery work; and the impact of recovery strategies on levels of performance.
This research report highlights the potential, though to date somewhat limited progress, that LSPs have made in addressing issues of economic development, especially at the regional and sub-regional levels. Published 8 December 2005.