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LGA lobbied over income tax devolution amid White Paper preparations

By Dan Peters | 22 April 2024

The Local Government Association’s (LGA) White Paper should make the case for councils to receive...

Council to announce chief after capacity criticism

By Dan Peters | 15 April 2024

East Devon DC is hoping to announce its new chief executive early next month after peers said sen...

Rayner to be investigated by police after electoral law accusations

By Dan Peters | 15 April 2024

Police have launched an investigation into whether Labour’s shadow local government secretary Ang...

Government ignores sugar levy calls

By Dan Peters | 12 April 2024

The Government has ignored Local Government Association (LGA) calls for the sugar levy to be spen...

LGA to launch 'foundation programme' for new chiefs

By Dan Peters | 11 April 2024

The Local Government Association (LGA) is to introduce a ‘significant new foundation programme’ f...

Five million could be disenfranchised by voter ID, polling finds

By Dan Peters | 11 April 2024

Five million voters could be disenfranchised by the Government’s new voter ID rules at the Genera...

Reform author pushes back on devo criticisms

By Dan Peters | 10 April 2024

The author of a report that proposed devolving NHS England’s £168bn budget and most services to l...

Next Government urged to look at devolving air passenger duty

By Dan Peters | 08 April 2024

The leader of a Labour council in the shadow of Heathrow Airport has urged the next Government to...

Transparency calls over monitoring officer departure

By Dan Peters | 08 April 2024

Salford City Council’s opposition leader has called for transparency over a settlement agreement ...

'Simply not enough money in sector,' says outgoing leader

By Dan Peters | 05 April 2024

The outgoing leader of Nottingham City Council has said there ‘simply isn’t enough money’ in loca...