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Anderson interviewed under police caution

By Dan Peters | 01 February 2018

Liverpool’s mayor has revealed he was voluntarily interviewed under police caution as part of a p...

Councils welcome SNP-Green deal

By Dan Peters | 31 January 2018

Councils have welcomed a deal between Holyrood finance secretary Derek Mackay and Scottish Greens...

Sandwell leader hits back at Tory party vice-chair

By Dan Peters | 26 January 2018

Sandwell MBC needs to be ‘seen to move on’ from a series of recent standards issues, Local Govern...

Council backs union pay claim but national employers stand firm

By Dan Peters | 26 January 2018

Stoke-on-Trent City Council has backed the unions’ 5% pay claim as national employers continue to...

Mayor launches fairness and social justice board

By Dan Peters | 26 January 2018

An independent board to ensure that fairness and social justice inform everything the Liverpool c...

Councillors to kick-start joint plans with London mayor

By Dan Peters | 26 January 2018

More than 100 council leaders and councillors from the south-east and east of England will today ...

Pensions expert backs London CIV

By Dan Peters | 26 January 2018

A pensions expert has backed the principles behind the London Collective Investment Vehicle (CIV)...

Councils benefit from business rates haul

By Dan Peters | 25 January 2018

Two councils have raked in three times more than they expected after using £125,820 of government...

New guidance after LEP criticism

By Dan Peters | 24 January 2018

Local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) have been handed a new best practice guide as the Government...

Gwynne aims to find compromise over Haringey deal

By Dan Peters | 24 January 2018

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has asked shadow local government secretary Andrew Gwynne to lead med...