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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

EXCLUSIVE: LGA tells councils to hold fire on grooming response

By Dan Peters | 21 May 2025

The Local Government Association (LGA) has urged councils not to respond to a request from a private inquiry into grooming gangs as it considers the implications.

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Lambeth defends Dosunmu payoff

By Joe Lepper | 28 April 2025

Lambeth LBC has defended a payoff totalling almost £88,000 to its former chief who admitted faili...

LEGAL

Trial dates fixed for Liverpool City Council corruption case

By Dan Peters | 25 April 2025

Trial dates have been fixed for two senior officers charged as part of an investigation into Live...

COMBINED AUTHORITY

Staff offered support after mayor's arrest

By William Eichler | 07 April 2025

West of England Combined Authority staff have been offered support after mayor Dan Norris was arr...

LEGAL

Former Liverpool director denies bribery

By Dan Peters | 31 March 2025

Liverpool City Council’s former head of regeneration Nick Kavanagh has denied two counts of bribe...

POLITICS

McMahon hints over councillor suspension power

By Dan Peters | 12 March 2025

Local government minister Jim McMahon has hinted he will push ahead with handing councils the pow...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

CSA 'less likely to be identified in child protection plans than ever before'

By Dan Peters | 07 March 2025

The number of children on formal protection plans in England because of sexual abuse has fallen t...

Report: Police and crime commissioners making communities safer

By Paul Marinko | 18 February 2025

A new report has argued cross-sector working, overseen by police and crime commissioners, is redu...

COMMUNITY SAFETY

Unitaries united against crime

By John Tizard | 11 December 2024

John Tizard says he is determined to work closely with the three unitaries in Bedfordshire, where...

CRIME

Police take 'no further action' against Croydon officers

By Emily Twinch | 05 December 2024

Police have decided to ‘take no further action at this stage' against former Croydon LBC officers...

HOUSING

More than 100 councils report not prosecuting rogue landlords

By William Eichler | 22 November 2024

‘Many’ council enforcement teams do not have the resources and capacity to proactively tackle poo...

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