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Noble ousted after raising unitarisation

By Dan Peters | 11 May 2018

Suffolk CC’s leader Colin Noble has been deposed weeks after asking think-tank ResPublica to look...

BREAKING: 'Inspirational' leader steps down after 27 years

By Dan Peters | 10 May 2018

Wigan MBC’s ‘inspirational’ Lord Peter Smith has announced he is stepping down after 27 years as ...

Call for ethical standards in outsourced services

By Dan Peters | 10 May 2018

The independent Committee on Standards in Public Life has criticised the lack of ‘real progress’ ...

Dawes: Another Section 114 possible

By Dan Peters | 10 May 2018

Marsham Street's top official has told MPs she cannot give them a ‘categorical assurance’ there w...

England urged to look at Japanese care

By Dan Peters | 09 May 2018

England could learn lessons from Japan to address its social care crisis, an independent think-ta...

Preventing terror: the perspective of two councils

By Dan Peters | 09 May 2018

The Prevent strategy against radicalisation has recently come under fire for being a top-down ini...

Somerset suggests savings for unitary

By Dan Peters | 08 May 2018

Some £500,000 per year could be saved by moving from five chief executives to one, according to u...

Improvement cash to help boost resilience

By Dan Peters | 01 May 2018

Improvement cash will be used by the sector to help councils protect their financial resilience.

Future Forum: Thomson optimistic about health and care integration

By Dan Peters | 27 April 2018

Health and social care integration can be achieved within two years, the managing director of Nor...

Future Forum: LGA to push for place-based EU funding replacement

By Dan Peters | 27 April 2018

The Local Government Association (LGA) will push for a place-based replacement for EU funding aft...