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Call for Government clarity over waste allocations

By Dan Peters | 05 February 2024

A senior sector figure has called for clarity and certainty about how much funding councils will ...

Officer-member relations 'fractured' at Wrexham

By Ellie Ames | 01 February 2024

Issues in Wrexham CBC’s planning service mean it is hindered in fulfilling its role, an audit has...

Core Cities in Household Support Fund warning

By Dan Peters | 01 February 2024

Failing to extend the Household Support Fund will be ‘catastrophic for many people in our poorest...

Former social care chief sentenced for drug offences

By Dan Peters | 01 February 2024

An ex-deputy director of social care at Bradford MDC has been sentenced after pleading guilty to ...

Health boost for Housing First residents, research finds

By Dan Peters | 01 February 2024

Housing First – under which homeless people are guaranteed a home while they access intensive lon...

Unions plan for January pay claim

By Dan Peters | 28 November 2023

Local government trade unions are aiming to submit their next one-year pay claim in January, The ...

Councils welcome PWLB rate extension

By Dan Peters | 27 November 2023

Councils have welcomed chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s decision to extend preferential Public Works Loan...

Pressure for LGA peer review to be strengthened

By Dan Peters | 27 November 2023

Senior Local Government Association (LGA) figures are pushing the organisation to beef up its pee...

MPs demand answers on Oflog independence

By Dan Peters | 24 November 2023

MPs have called for the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to outline the degre...

Fewer than 100 homes for refugees are occupied

By Dan Peters | 23 November 2023

Fewer than 100 homes acquired using a fund to support English councils obtain housing for those f...