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Northern Ireland councils offer to step into vacuum

By Dan Peters | 11 January 2017

Northern Ireland’s councils have called for more devolution as they offer to step into the power ...

Breaking point?

By Dan Peters | 10 January 2017

LGA chairman urges ‘complete rethink’ of local government funding as councils grapple with growin...

Councils resolute against NHS charity status claims

By Dan Peters | 10 January 2017

Councils are expected to stand firm as they hit back against NHS trusts’ latest arguments for why...

Lobbyists' threat to scrapping of business rate discount

By Dan Peters | 10 January 2017

Charity lobbyists stand in the way of scrapping the automatic business rates discount given to th...

WLGA chief warns of council mergers

By Dan Peters | 09 January 2017

The chief executive of the Welsh Local Government Association has warned that the rising cost of ...

DCLG admits blame for 'broken' appeals system

By Dan Peters | 05 January 2017

A senior civil servant has admitted his department is to blame for the ‘broken’ business rates ap...

Porter: Rates retention will end in tears

By Dan Peters | 05 January 2017

The move to 100% business rates retention will ‘end in tears,’ the chairman of the Local Governme...

£4.7bn social care shortfall revealed

By Dan Peters | 03 January 2017

Councils face a £4.7bn social care shortfall, according to the latest analysis of sustainability ...

Dorset councils to push forward with two unitary option

By Dan Peters | 23 December 2016

Dorset’s nine councils are preparing to ask communities secretary Sajid Javid to be scrapped and ...

Bagley leaves Slough after absence

By Dan Peters | 23 December 2016

Slough Council’s boss has left after six months of ‘stress’ during which her future hung in the air.