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Cross-party committee launches finance inquiry

By Dan Peters | 11 December 2024

The cross-party Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has launched an inquiry into ...

Windsor and Maidenhead wants 25% council tax increase amid section 114 warning

By Dan Peters | 11 December 2024

Cash-strapped Windsor & Maidenhead BC has warned a section 114 notice is ‘almost inevitable’ if i...

Rayner: NIMBYs will no longer have upper hand

By Dan Peters | 09 December 2024

Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has announced plans to end the influence of NIMBYs on housebu...

Walsh to take early retirement

By Dan Peters | 05 December 2024

The chief executive of North East Lincolnshire Council, Rob Walsh, has decided to take early reti...

Frustration mounts over lack of care workforce strategy

By Dan Peters | 05 December 2024

Frustration in the sector is growing as the Government fails to produce a workforce strategy for ...

LGA: National Insurance hit could be £1.7bn

By Dan Peters | 05 December 2024

The impact of employer National Insurance Contribution increases on external providers and contra...

Prosser to leave for New Zealand

By Dan Peters | 05 December 2024

Dorset Council’s chief executive Matt Prosser has announced he will be leaving in spring to becom...

Call for return of public service agreements

By Dan Peters | 05 December 2024

Ministers should bring back the model of public service agreements (PSA) introduced under the pre...

Fresh revenue raising powers promised for councils

By Dan Peters | 04 December 2024

The Scottish Budget has pledged to ‘enhance the fiscal empowerment of local government through wo...

Rayner: Housing targets are mandatory

By Dan Peters | 04 December 2024

Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has insisted that councils must meet the Government’s housing...