A selection of images representing communities.
The ten most recent good practice and guidance documents published on the local government site.
This prospectus contains the information that councils will need to complete a bid for funding under the Weekly Collection Support Scheme.
This plain English guide sets out the Government's response to its consultation and how the business rate retention scheme will operate.
This guidance sets out the key policy principles that underpin the pay accountability provisions in the Localism Act.
Describes the main measures of the Localism Act in plain English.
This leaflet gives advice to help authorities buy the best services for the money they spend. It is an Easy Read version of 'Best Value Statutory Guidance'.
The Code is concerned with enshrining the principles of transparency by asking councils to follow three key principles when publishing data they hold.
Statutory Best Value guidance setting out clear expectations on councils considering cutting funding to local VCS organisations and small businesses.
Letter to local authorities affected by the riots to inform them of the terms of the recovery scheme.
The purpose of this document is to highlight how local areas can better manage their assets and explain how Government will help.
This document provides local areas who are reviewing their public sector assets with a selection of resources to help them to assess the needs of their customers against those assets.