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LEGISLATION

Watchdog warning over elections

By Dan Peters | 08 November 2023

It could take a generation to restore public confidence if there are major problems at the next G...

PAY

Council chiefs to receive 3.5% pay increase

By Dan Peters | 02 November 2023

Local authority chief executives will receive a 3.5% salary increase backdated to the beginning o...

FINANCE

Emergency summit held amid temporary accommodation warnings

By Dan Peters | 31 October 2023

More than 150 councils this week attended an emergency summit as the cost of temporary accommodat...

WHITEHALL

Call for Government write off of Croydon debt

By Dan Peters | 30 October 2023

The Government should write off Croydon LBC’s £1.3bn of General Fund debt, a senior opposition co...

WHITEHALL

Council websites referred to equality watchdogs

By Dan Peters | 30 October 2023

Some 56 local government websites have been referred to equality watchdogs in the last year.

WHITEHALL

Call for faster family hubs rollout

By Dan Peters | 30 October 2023

The creation of a new network of family hubs should ‘go further and faster,’ an expert has urged.

FINANCE

Lansley critcises public health funding levels

By Dan Peters | 25 October 2023

The architect of the transfer of public health to local government has blamed the failure of budg...

BUSINESS

Councils to bring services in-house

By Dan Peters | 25 October 2023

Four neighbouring councils are expected to take greater control of services after an independent ...

FINANCE

EXCLUSIVE: Nightmare before Christmas?

By Dan Peters | 23 October 2023

The provisional local government finance settlement will be published just before Christmas, coun...

WHITEHALL

Welsh councils to wait for tourism tax

By Dan Peters | 23 October 2023

Tourism taxes will not be in place in Wales until 2027, the Welsh Government has estimated.

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