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LEPs braced for shake-up ahead of review

By Dan Peters | 30 March 2021

Local enterprise partnerships (LEP) are preparing themselves for a further shake-up amid the seco...

Districts to warn government over New Homes Bonus changes

By Dan Peters | 29 March 2021

District councils are expected to urge the Government not to mess with a scheme that acts as a ‘p...

NHS backs down over business rates

By Dan Peters | 23 March 2021

NHS trusts have withdrawn their appeal against a High Court ruling that said they were not eligib...

Council concern over grant pressure

By Dan Peters | 23 March 2021

Councils have raised concerns with government that local authorities will have to demonstrate the...

Reining in the risks?

By Dan Peters | 23 March 2021

South Somerset DC takes an entrepreneurial approach that it says has turned it into a council tha...

Five councils strike bailout deals with government over SEND

By Dan Peters | 22 March 2021

Five councils have struck deals worth at least £100m that will allow them to wipe out their massi...

Future Forum North: Change to flexible working will be permanent, predicts recruiter

By Dan Peters | 18 March 2021

New senior council hires expect to work in the office for just two days a week, a senior recruitm...

AstraZeneca jab 'safe and effective,' council chiefs insist

By Dan Peters | 17 March 2021

Council chiefs have urged residents to have the ‘safe and effective’ AstraZeneca jab amid an inve...

Future Forum North: 'Business rates will be like Tudor beard tax'

By Dan Peters | 17 March 2021

A senior finance director has said ‘anachronistic’ business rates are ‘going in the direction of ...

Pandemic forces finance reform rethink

By Martin Ford | 16 March 2021

Whitehall plans for local government finance reform were thrown into doubt this week after civil ...