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FINANCE

PSAA seeks to increase audit fee role

By Dan Peters | 09 November 2020

The body responsible for overseeing audit fees has proposed a new approach under which it will pl...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Redesign services for a COVID era, says CQC chief

By Dan Peters | 06 November 2020

The chief executive of the Care Quality Commission has called for services to be redesigned for a...

FINANCE

Councils asked to review rough sleeping plans

By Dan Peters | 05 November 2020

Councils have been asked to review their plans and ensure every rough sleeper is offered somewher...

WHITEHALL

Care home occupancy down over Grim Reaper fears

By Dan Peters | 05 November 2020

People are reluctant to put their relatives into care homes because they think the ‘Grim Reaper i...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Top civil servant opens up on asylum challenge

By Dan Peters | 05 November 2020

A senior Whitehall official has admitted she has a ‘knot in my stomach most days’ as she grapples...

WHITEHALL

Crisis call for return of Everyone In

By Dan Peters | 04 November 2020

The chief executive of homelessness charity Crisis has called for ring-fenced funding for council...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Shevlin suggests reorganisation alternative as rival bids threaten his council's future

By Dan Peters | 03 November 2020

A former chair of the District Councils’ Network chief executives’ group has suggested a radical ...

WHITEHALL

Frustration and anger over national lockdown announcement

By Dan Peters | 02 November 2020

West Yorkshire council leaders have said they are ‘frustrated and angry’ about the Government’s t...

FINANCE

Exclusive: Districts face financial 'cliff edge'

By Dan Peters | 29 October 2020

Districts face a ‘fiscal cliff edge of up to £524.1m after 2020/21 from lost business rates reven...

HEALTH

Exclusive: Councils 'Struggling' to deliver on food standards

By Dan Peters | 29 October 2020

Some councils are ‘struggling to do even the most urgent and priority’ work on food standards, a ...

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