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District warning after £63m handed to counties

By Dan Peters | 06 July 2020

Help for families struggling to put food on the table will be delayed due to ‘needless extra red ...

Government warns queues could be new terror target

By Dan Peters | 06 July 2020

Queue-filled high streets could be a new target for marauding terrorists using a vehicle as a wea...

Concerns raised over scrutiny vacuum

By Dan Peters | 06 July 2020

A charity has expressed worries about councils that are in danger of effectively having no scruti...

Selbie hits back at PHE criticism

By Dan Peters | 06 July 2020

Public Health England’s (PHE) boss has hit back as ministers appear to shift blame onto the organ...

EXCLUSIVE: Labour support for bigger pay rise revealed

By Dan Peters | 06 July 2020

Labour has distanced itself from rival parties’ decision to block the Local Government Associatio...

Councils in local virus data call

By Dan Peters | 03 July 2020

Councils have called for the Government to go further after it finally started to publish more co...

Jenrick: We'll back local government

By Dan Peters | 02 July 2020

Robert Jenrick has promised that Whitehall will back local government in the same way councils ‘s...

Jenrick announces more cash, income compensation and tax delay

By Dan Peters | 02 July 2020

Local government secretary Robert Jenrick has announced more cash and new ways councils will be r...

Walking and cycling plea to avoid 'car-mageddon'

By Dan Peters | 01 July 2020

A senior councillor has warned against a ‘car-mageddon’ recovery post-lockdown as he urged the se...

Jenrick expected to announce plans to ease finance woes

By Dan Peters | 01 July 2020

Communities secretary Robert Jenrick is expected to announce new measures to help cash-strapped c...