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Lloyd: Pandemic simulation kept secret from sector

By Dan Peters | 12 July 2023

Lessons from a Whitehall-run pandemic simulation exercise in 2016 were kept secret from local gov...

EXCLUSIVE: LGA warns Hastings about possible section 114

By Dan Peters | 11 July 2023

Hastings BC may be forced to issue a section 114 notice this financial year unless it makes massi...

EXCLUSIVE: Sector panel quietly sidelined by DLUHC

By Dan Peters | 11 July 2023

A panel of experts brought together in an attempt to tackle key issues facing the sector appears ...

Overton rejects breakaway Green group idea

By Dan Peters | 10 July 2023

The re-elected leader of the Local Government Association’s (LGA) independents has rejected the i...

Councils left in lurch over housing benefit assurance

By Dan Peters | 10 July 2023

Scores of councils have been left in the lurch after failing to find an auditor to carry out thei...

Downing Street to wade into nutrient neutrality row

By Dan Peters | 10 July 2023

No10 is expected to wade into the row between councils and conservation agency Natural England, T...

Morse: Peer review not designed to prevent major council failure

By Dan Peters | 06 July 2023

Peer review is ‘not designed’ to prevent major council failures, the chair of the new local gover...

Local government 'lucrative target' for hackers

By Dan Peters | 05 July 2023

Cyber criminals view local government as a ‘lucrative target,’ the Local Government Association’s...

Minister: Oflog won't spot every council failure

By Dan Peters | 04 July 2023

In his speech to the Local Government Association conference this week, levelling up secretary Mi...

Nine in 10 councils fear nursery closures

By Dan Peters | 04 July 2023

Nearly nine in 10 councils fear nursery closures this year will undermine capacity ahead of the G...