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Districts committed to contest single unitary

By Hiba Mahamadi and Dan Peters | 15 March 2018

Buckinghamshire districts have vowed to fight plans for a single unitary council for the county a...

Caller calls for council commissioners and carve-up

By Dan Peters | 15 March 2018

The inspector appointed by the Government to review Northamptonshire CC’s governance has suggeste...

Government backs DoLS replacement

By Dan Peters | 14 March 2018

The Government has said it ‘agrees in principle’ that the current Deprivation of Liberty Safeguar...

Five councils to help with Government integration plan

By Dan Peters | 14 March 2018

The Government will work with five local authorities to develop integration plans as it develops ...

Government in 'live debate' on care funding

By Dan Peters | 08 March 2018

A ‘live debate’ over the funding of adult social care is taking place in Government, minister Car...

'Big variances' in financial sustainability

By Dan Peters | 08 March 2018

There are ‘big variances’ in how equipped councils are to respond to the financial challenges the...

Income generation boost for council

By Dan Peters | 08 March 2018

Portsmouth City Council has boosted its income generation expectations after signing a 10-year de...

LGA: Extra money crucial to fair funding review

By Dan Peters | 07 March 2018

The fair funding review will fail without extra money for the sector, Smith Square is expected to...

LGA: Officer-councillor relationships tend to be good

By Dan Peters | 06 March 2018

Relationships between officers and councillors tend to be good, Local Government Association (LGA...

Warning over Slough's 2018/19 budget

By Dan Peters | 02 March 2018

Slough councillors have been warned of ‘inherent risks to the delivery of a balanced budget at th...