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DWP must rebuild trust after housing benefit referrals drop

By Dan Peters | 08 March 2017

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is hoping to restore confidence in its efforts to tack...

Council's 'dire finances' under scrutiny by MPs

By Dan Peters | 08 March 2017

A council has denied it is being run ‘incompetently’ after its MP flagged up the state of its fin...

Heseltine sacked over Brexit rebellion

By Dan Peters | 08 March 2017

A former cabinet minister who penned an influential report that convinced Whitehall to drive grow...

Mayor keen to identify officers responsible for cash failures

By Dan Peters | 08 March 2017

Bristol mayor Marvin Rees is keen to identify the individuals to blame for the state of the counc...

Leaked recording confirms Surrey 'gentleman's agreement'

By Dan Peters | 07 March 2017

A leaked recording of Surrey CC leader, David Hodge, admitting he secured a ‘gentleman’s agreemen...

Tri-borough blow as chief executive to leave

By Dan Peters | 03 March 2017

The chief executive of Hammersmith & Fulham LBC will part company with the council in a move that...

MPs call for rates and LEP reviews

By Dan Peters | 03 March 2017

MPs have called for separate government reviews of local enterprise partnerships (LEP) and the bu...

Looking to the future

By Dan Peters | 28 February 2017

Dan Peters talks to Teresa Pearce about social care, council funding and The Labour Party’s prosp...

DCN to lobby Whitehall on future of baseline rate

By Dan Peters | 28 February 2017

The District Councils’ Network (DCN) will lobby the Government for certainty on the future baseli...

Somerset kids' services 'still need improvement'

By Dan Peters | 28 February 2017

Ofsted has told Somerset CC’s ‘inadequate’ children’s services that ‘notable room for improvement...