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Battle lines drawn for local elections

By Martin Ford | 03 April 2024

Rows over levelling up have dominated the opening clashes as campaigning kicked off for next mont...

Craig hails tourist tax 'success'

By Dan Peters | 03 April 2024

The leader of Manchester City Council, Bev Craig, has hailed the UK’s first city tourist tax a ‘s...

Ministers urged to 'change course' on high streets law

By Dan Peters | 03 April 2024

Councils have urged ministers to ‘change course’ as they push ahead with plans to make them produ...

LGA looks to do more to help officers

By Dan Peters | 03 April 2024

The Local Government Association (LGA) is looking to do more to help officers fulfil their roles ...

Council eyes cutting back rubbish collection

By Dan Peters | 02 April 2024

A council could reduce how often it picks up household rubbish that cannot be recycled or compost...

Think-tank's call for landfill tax devolution

By Dan Peters | 02 April 2024

A think-tank has called for a portion of the proceeds from landfill tax to be devolved to councils.

Councils should get traffic light grading, say accountants

By Dan Peters | 02 April 2024

Oflog should grade councils using a traffic-light-style ranking system, chartered accountants hav...

Oflog co-design promises have been broken, say councils

By Dan Peters | 02 April 2024

Ministerial promises to ‘co-design’ the Office for Local Government (Oflog) with the sector have ...

Devolve NHS England's £168bn budget to local government, says report

By Dan Peters | 02 April 2024

NHS England’s £168bn budget should be handed to local government in a radical restructure, the Re...

'Grave concerns' over phone switchover

By Dan Peters | 22 March 2024

UK mayors have expressed ‘grave concerns’ about the impact on vulnerable people of the planned ph...