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HEALTH

County call for targets rethink

By Dan Peters | 22 August 2017

Councils have called for the Government to rethink a threat to strip them of promised cash if the...

HEALTH

Financial uncertainty forcing councils to award shorter contracts

By Dan Peters | 21 August 2017

The Government should offer subsidised loans to cash-strapped councils to encourage them to award...

FINANCE

Finance concerns grow in wake of Grenfell

By Dan Peters | 18 August 2017

Council finance directors are growing increasingly concerned about the impact of the Grenfell Tow...

FINANCE

Reading balances books but warns: 'there's no room for error'

By Dan Peters | 16 August 2017

Reading Council’s new boss has said the authority’s books are balanced until 2020 but there is ‘n...

WHITEHALL

'Wall of silence' blocking county devo

By Dan Peters | 16 August 2017

Councils covering areas outside cities have been left frustrated after being met by a ‘wall of si...

BUSINESS

Action plan after Derby rapped over delayed accounts

By Dan Peters | 16 August 2017

Derby City Council has drawn up an action plan after being scolded by its auditor for delays to i...

BUSINESS

Council approves stadium loan

By Dan Peters | 16 August 2017

Salford City Council has approved a £630,000 loan to the home stadium of its main rugby league an...

WHITEHALL

Corbyn promises to tackle housing crisis

By Dan Peters | 15 August 2017

Jeremy Corbyn has promised that the next Labour government would tackle the housing crisis during...

IMPROVEMENT

Birmingham bin strike suspended

By Dan Peters | 14 August 2017

The bin strike that has hit Birmingham City Council has been suspended.

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Care directors' warning after record bed blocking figures

By Dan Peters | 11 August 2017

Council directors have issued fresh warnings after a record proportion of delayed transfers of ca...

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