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WHITEHALL

Government cash call for council housing firms

By Dan Peters | 03 May 2024

Central Government should provide about £750m funding to help local government establish housing ...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Angry LGA leaders write to Gove over Oflog league table story

By Dan Peters | 03 May 2024

The Office for Local Government’s (Oflog) ‘lack of action to correct misleading information’ in r...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

UPDATED: Tories hold Tees Valley despite heavy losses

By Dan Peters | 03 May 2024

Ben Houchen retaining the Tees Valley mayoralty for the Conservatives proved to be the party's on...

LEGAL

Council apologises over FOI delays

By Dan Peters | 23 April 2024

Walsall Council has apologised for delays to its response under the Freedom of Information Act.

WHITEHALL

LGA lobbied over income tax devolution amid White Paper preparations

By Dan Peters | 22 April 2024

The Local Government Association’s (LGA) White Paper should make the case for councils to receive...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Council to announce chief after capacity criticism

By Dan Peters | 15 April 2024

East Devon DC is hoping to announce its new chief executive early next month after peers said sen...

LEGAL

Rayner to be investigated by police after electoral law accusations

By Dan Peters | 15 April 2024

Police have launched an investigation into whether Labour’s shadow local government secretary Ang...

WHITEHALL

Government ignores sugar levy calls

By Dan Peters | 12 April 2024

The Government has ignored Local Government Association (LGA) calls for the sugar levy to be spen...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

LGA to launch 'foundation programme' for new chiefs

By Dan Peters | 11 April 2024

The Local Government Association (LGA) is to introduce a ‘significant new foundation programme’ f...

WHITEHALL

Five million could be disenfranchised by voter ID, polling finds

By Dan Peters | 11 April 2024

Five million voters could be disenfranchised by the Government’s new voter ID rules at the Genera...

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