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EPR scheme payments may come as late as December 2025

By Dan Peters | 14 August 2023

Councils may not receive their first payments under the new extended producer responsibility (EPR...

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FRC backs Treasury asset valuation review

By Dan Peters | 14 August 2023

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has backed the Treasury’s thematic review of local governme...

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Call for social mobility to have bigger role in funding allocation

By Dan Peters | 11 August 2023

The Government should do more to ‘actively target’ council funding to low social mobility areas, ...

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Optics of Afghan refugee eviction questioned

By Dan Peters | 07 August 2023

Councils have questioned the optics of the Government’s decision to serve legal notices on Afghan...

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Calls for renters Bill to be 'expedited'

By Dan Peters | 07 August 2023

Experts have called for the Government to push through the passing of the ‘long-awaited’ Renters ...

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Pay dispute to stretch into autumn

By Dan Peters | 07 August 2023

The local government pay dispute is destined to stretch into the autumn as trade union Unite warn...

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Fresh LGA drive to influence national politicians over skills and employment

By Dan Peters | 07 August 2023

The Local Government Association has proposed to establish a skills and employment working group ...

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New housing standards to land councils with £18m bill

By Dan Peters | 07 August 2023

Councils could face an extra bill of £18m to deal with new housing standards, research undertaken...

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Councils ignore Whitehall data threat

By Dan Peters | 07 August 2023

A number of councils have ignored a Government threat to suspend their access to Whitehall data b...

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Boost for upper-tier councils after LEP decision

By Dan Peters | 04 August 2023

Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) core functions are expected to be transferred to upper-tier lo...

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