News The MJ
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Mental health top reason for staff absences
September 24, 2021
Mental health has been the top reason local government employees have taken time off work over the last 32 months.
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Increase workers' pay to improve care
September 23, 2021
Pay rises for adult social care workers can support local economies, boost recruitment and retention, and improve care, according to The Living Wage Foundation.
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Call for national service for children in care
September 23, 2021
Responsibilities for children in care should be removed from local authorities, a charity has said.
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Plymouth named local authority of the year at MJ Achievement Awards
September 23, 2021
The council took home the top gong at glittering ceremony.
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Leicestershire faces worsening financial crisis
September 22, 2021
Leicestershire CC has said factors such as COVID-19 have left it facing a worsening financial crisis.
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Hughes hints at multi-year funding settlement
September 22, 2021
Junior minister Eddie Hughes has attempted to reassure councils that a multi-year funding settlement may be approaching.
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Commission calls for shift of focus in levelling up
September 22, 2021
The Commission into Prosperity and Community Placemaking has concluded investment should be made in local neighbourhoods rather than grand infrastructure projects.
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Parr to step down after 38 years in sector
September 21, 2021
Halton Council’s chief executive, David Parr, is to step down at the end of March.
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Slough approves asset fire sale
September 21, 2021
Crisis-hit Slough Council has approved plans to flog around £600m worth of assets as it battles to get its finances under control.
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Ministry in rebrand to put levelling up centre stage
September 21, 2021
New secretary of state Michael Gove will preside over a beefed up new department with a firm focus on levelling up, it has been revealed.
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Council apologises for SEND failures
September 21, 2021
Suffolk CC has apologised to families who rely on special educational needs and disabilities provision after a report found the council was 'not performing well'.
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Chief and leader at odds over government intervention request
September 21, 2021
Tensions between Thanet DC’s chief executive and leader have erupted into the open after the latter asked the Government to intervene in the council.
