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Havering stands by investigation lead choice

By Dan Peters | 28 July 2020

Havering LBC has insisted the officer chosen to lead an investigation into gerrymandering and mis...

Oldham tightens restrictions as Wilkins takes on Whitehall role

By Dan Peters | 28 July 2020

The council whose chief executive has been drafted in as national test and trace adviser has tigh...

EXCLUSIVE: Stretched LRFs in cash plea

By Dan Peters | 28 July 2020

Stretched local resilience forums (LRF) have pleaded for cash amid warnings a lack of funding is ...

LEP Network comes out fighting ahead of White Paper

By Dan Peters | 28 July 2020

The chair of the network that supports local enterprise partnerships (LEP) has come out fighting ...

Ombudsman makes 12% more service improvement recommendations

By Dan Peters | 28 July 2020

Increasing systemic problems identified in residents’ complaints has led to the Local Government ...

Williams: I'll accept whatever it takes to get a county unitary

By Dan Peters | 28 July 2020

The leader of Hertfordshire CC has conceded he would accept a directly-elected mayor as the figur...

Two 'areas of intervention' named

By Dan Peters | 24 July 2020

The easing of the lockdown in two council areas has been paused after data showed COVID-19 was in...

Committee bemoans 18-month delay to report response

By Dan Peters | 24 July 2020

The Committee on Standards in Public Life has scolded ministers for taking 18 months to respond t...

Reorganisation will deter potential councillors, report warns

By Dan Peters | 24 July 2020

Local government unitary reorganisation will slash the number of councillors and deter many from ...

Smaller top team will 'reduce capacity'

By Dan Peters | 24 July 2020

Bexley LBC has admitted that proposals for a smaller top team will reduce its capacity over the s...