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Transport key to post-COVID recovery
January 25, 2022
Improving transport links between towns and cities is key to the post-COVID recovery and could save the UK’s ailing high streets, local leaders argued yesterday.
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Liverpool reluctantly hikes commissioner fees
January 24, 2022
Mayor Joanne Anderson said she was ‘appalled’ at the rise in costs.
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Reasons for director's dismissal emerge
January 24, 2022
A former rising star at South Somerset DC was dismissed after allegedly using furloughed council staff to undertake work on her private vineyard, it has emerged.
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Net-zero boost in White Paper
January 24, 2022
Next month’s levelling up White Paper will feature measures aimed at helping all areas deliver their net-zero targets, the Government has revealed.
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Ministers acknowledge long-term savings from Everyone In
January 24, 2022
Ministers have acknowledged that the Government’s Everyone In policy will achieve long-term savings despite arguing it is ‘not a sustainable approach’.
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Detailed improvement plan for North Kesteven
January 24, 2022
North Kesteven DC has proposed a detailed improvement plan – including sharing more senior management responsibilities - despite receiving a glowing peer review.
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Council faces £25m Games funding bill
January 21, 2022
Birmingham City Council has been left to pick up another £25m for the staging of the Commonwealth Games after partners failed to come forward.
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Croydon appoints Section 151 officer
January 21, 2022
Jane West has pledged to help ‘rebuild trust’ and ‘restore the reputation’ of the authority.
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Energy prices could hit Slough recovery
January 21, 2022
Slough Council’s financial recovery could be hit by soaring energy costs, officers have warned.
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Sheffield councillors to decide on action against chief
January 20, 2022
A committee of councillors will be convened in Sheffield to decide whether action will be taken against the city council’s chief executive.
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Fair Cost of Care fund won't be enough, say providers
January 20, 2022
The Fair Cost of Care fund aimed at stopping local care markets being destabilised won’t be enough to fix ‘massive staff shortages’ and mend a sector in crisis, says the CEO of the National Care Forum.
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Five firms fined £33m over prepaid cards cartel
January 20, 2022
Five firms that provided councils with prepaid cards for vulnerable people have been fined more than £33m by the UK regulator for ‘cartel behaviour’.
