CIPFA has been commissioned to benchmark council library services.
15 pilots will receive a total of £1.5 million to make the ideas submitted in their bids a reality.
Details of £9 billion investment in the railway system has been unveiled by the government.
The Prime Minister has secured a great result for UK business at the European Council on single unitary patent valid in up to 25 European countries and secured London to be the host.
The UK government has confirmed that temporary spending controls imposed on public sector advertising, marketing, communications and research budgets will now become a ‘permanent feature’.
Hackney Council is set to launch its revised Voluntary and Community Sector Grants Programme for 2013, which will see local voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations benefit from grants.
John Collington, the government's chief procurement officer is to leave Whitehall for a private sector position, it has emerged.
A National Audit Office (NAO) report has stated better communications are needed between central and local government if maximum efficiencies are to be achieved.
Local Government Minister Bob Neill saw first hand the new face of East London thanks to Government investment in regeneration projects.
Business lobby group the CBI called on the government on Friday to undertake an independent review of its environmental taxes.
The Bank of England has proposed a dual new lending scheme at Mansion House this week to help UK businesses.
Further cash has been announced for communities to help tackle the blight of empty properties and bring them back into use.