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EXCLUSIVE: 'It's make or break time' - annual finance survey

By Dan Peters | 08 February 2017

Results of the latest LGiU/The MJ annual finance survey lead to stark warnings on the fiscal futu...

DoH set to honour cap on care costs

By Dan Peters | 08 February 2017

The Department of Health has insisted it will stand by its pledge to cap the costs of care from 2...

Charities probed over business rates avoidance

By Dan Peters | 08 February 2017

Five charities are being investigated for putting their funds at risk due to suspected business r...

Active fund management 'expensive folly'

By Dan Peters | 02 February 2017

Active fund management of the local government pension scheme’s (LGPS) assets has been an ‘expens...

Northern leaders call for May to reconsider Brexit 'snub'

By Dan Peters | 01 February 2017

Prime minister Theresa May has been urged to visit the north of England for Brexit talks as leade...

LGA raps discount lending plan

By Dan Peters | 01 February 2017

Current Whitehall plans to offer £1bn of discounted lending to councils would have a ‘positive bu...

Schemes pressure poorer families

By Dan Peters | 01 February 2017

Each new wave of council tax support schemes (CTS) has put a greater burden on low income familie...

Reading's unbalanced budget evades s114 notice

By Dan Peters | 01 February 2017

Reading Council is unlikely to be hit by a s114 notice despite fears it could fail to keep within...

LEPs 'must be more transparent'

By Dan Peters | 01 February 2017

Renewed calls have been made for local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) to be more transparent in t...

Boroughs' crackdown on capital's criminals

By Dan Peters | 01 February 2017

Five London boroughs have launched a major crackdown on criminals defrauding London’s councils ou...