The government wants us to spend money to get the economy moving, but do the government's own actions encourage people to do this ? In my opinion no. Take for example, local government reorganisation in Norfolk and Suffolk and the effect this is having on thousands of families across those counties. A state of limbo exists where various ludicrous plans for the re-drawing of local boundaries a...

THE government has been criticised for spending more than half a million pounds on art for official buildings as the recession took hold.

"Local government employers need to realise that morale is at an all time low," UNISON warned today as it published its 2008 survey of local government workers. "Staff and services are already...

A survey at the IRRV Conference 2008 by Capita Software Services reveals local councils’ rapid advancement in self-service technology in just four years. In 2004, a Capita survey revealed how concerned local government personnel were about achieving the e-government deadline, and this year 81% of respondents now offer a 24/7 payment service to their customers.

If the Conservatives want to hit back hard at this Government's wasteful spending record whilst at the same time examining how to reduce government expenditure to fund tax cuts for the UK economy, they should rush down their local bookshop to buy the book "Squandered" by David Craig. It is a damning indictment of the billions of pounds of waste in public expenditure perpetuated by this Govern...

The TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) has welcomed the Conservatives’ new green paper on local government, which propose greater powers for local people over council tax levels and the way councils are run, improved transparency in local government spending and the effective...

Land Data cic, has been commissioned by Communities and Local Government (CLG) to conduct a survey of all Local Authority Local Land Charges Departments across England and Wales, to establish their “state of readiness” with regard to Government’s access guidelines issued in January this year. The guidelines seek to deliver open access to local authority held property information.

After a torrid six months contributed to more than a little by our Council Spending Uncovered campaign which revealed huge amounts of waste and excess in local government, the Local Government Association's Head of News, Richard Stokoe, has written in...

If I am correct then Keynes argued for government saving during the good times and spending during the bad. Aside from the effects of government spending (driving out the productive classes and creating greater dependent and parasitic classes), there’s a flaw with this government trying to do it - they have no money. Government spending has

Works of art worth thousands of pounds have gone missing from the Government art collection in the past year ministers have admitted.