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Slough leader announces independent review into chief's hiring

By Dan Peters | 13 November 2017

Slough Council’s under-pressure leader, Cllr Sohail Munawar, has ordered an independent review in...

Counties lobby for transitional grant extension

By Dan Peters | 10 November 2017

Counties have been lobbying the Government to increase and extend the transitional grant for the ...

Isle of Wight seeks to continue children's services partnership

By Dan Peters | 10 November 2017

Isle of Wight Council will ask to continue its children’s services partnership with Hampshire CC,...

Government housing need model 'too simplistic'

By Dan Peters | 09 November 2017

Councils have criticised the Department for Communities and Local Government’s (DCLG) standard mo...

Corbyn calls for retrofitting of sprinklers

By Dan Peters | 09 November 2017

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has called on the Government to fund the £1bn cost of retrofitting of...

Call for Gloucestershire CC to 'get its act together'

By Dan Peters | 09 November 2017

Opposition councillors have said the Tory administration at Gloucestershire CC ‘needs to get its ...

Labour Party suspends Slough leader

By Hiba Mahamadi | 03 November 2017

Slough BC’s leader has been suspended from the Labour Party, amid criticism over his choice of pe...

MPs enlist assistance to interpret funding review

By Dan Peters | 02 November 2017

MPs have commissioned consultancy LG Futures to help them understand more about the fair funding ...

The smart search for finding city space for schools

By Dan Peters | 31 October 2017

With an increase in school rolls and a shortage of land, urban local authorities are having to de...

The future's bright, say chief executives

By Piali Das Gupta | 31 October 2017

As chief executives convene in Trafford for the SOLACE Summit, Dan Peters reveals the findings of...