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Sector surprise at COVID marshal scheme

By Dan Peters | 09 September 2020

Local government has been blindsided by Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement that an army ...

LGA backs mandatory council role in migrant children scheme

By Dan Peters | 09 September 2020

Council leaders have backed a government suggestion that the national transfer scheme for unaccom...

Rogers to retire next year

By Dan Peters | 09 September 2020

The Liverpool-born chief executive of the region’s combined authority has announced he plans to r...

Stretched testing capacity to be scaled up

By Dan Peters | 08 September 2020

Brand new large-scale technology to increase the number of coronavirus tests that can be processe...

Council chief claims auditor 'not balanced or fair'

By Dan Peters | 08 September 2020

The boss of a council where an auditor raised concerns about culture and governance failures that...

Chief to leave after £95k deal

By Dan Peters | 07 September 2020

The chief executive of Pembrokeshire CC is expected to leave the authority by the end of November...

Warning 2021 polls will be 'most challenging' in a generation

By Dan Peters | 07 September 2020

Returning officers have been warned they face the ‘most challenging elections to administer in ou...

LEPs need capacity boost to improve delivery, research finds

By Dan Peters | 07 September 2020

Local enterprise partnerships (LEP) would be better at delivering large-scale capital projects if...

More arrests as police investigation widens

By Dan Peters | 04 September 2020

Liverpool City Council’s Lib Dem leader, Cllr Richard Kemp, has called for the authority’s politi...

Government could buy up fire risk buildings

By Dan Peters | 03 September 2020

The Government has not ruled out compulsorily purchasing buildings with serious fire safety defec...