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WHITEHALL

MHCLG defends choice of Croydon improvement panel

By Dan Peters | 27 August 2021

The Government has defended choosing an all-white improvement panel for a council where more than...

FINANCE

£3bn gap looms for councils

By Dan Peters | 24 August 2021

Councils in England, Wales and Scotland are grappling with huge budget deficits totalling more th...

WHITEHALL

County areas chase devo dream

By Dan Peters | 17 August 2021

County areas are lining up to strike one of the first tranche of devolution deals.

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Call for transparency around rough sleeping programme

By Dan Peters | 17 August 2021

Labour’s shadow housing secretary has called for more transparency around the performance of a ke...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Porter intervention in waste plans

By Dan Peters | 16 August 2021

A former Conservative chairman of the Local Government Association has angrily criticised the Env...

BUSINESS

Farrans awarded care home contract

By Dan Peters | 16 August 2021

Plans for a new £13m care home in Leighton Buzzard have moved a step closer after Central Bedford...

WHITEHALL

Fears councils could be cut out of LEP role

By Dan Peters | 05 August 2021

Councils may be stripped of their role in the governance of local enterprise partnerships (LEP) b...

FINANCE

Ministers refuse to reveal bid funds to be binned

By Dan Peters | 05 August 2021

Ministers have dodged naming specific funds they will remove the competitive element from after l...

FINANCE

MHCLG spend on consultants soars

By Dan Peters | 05 August 2021

The amount of money spent on consultants by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Govern...

WHITEHALL

Government threatens borrowing cap return

By Dan Peters | 29 July 2021

The Government has threatened to apply statutory borrowing caps on councils that continue to expo...

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