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Council approves £9m hospital loan

By Dan Peters | 14 March 2017

Senior councillors have approved a £9.2m loan to help Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation...

Jones to leave think-tank to work with Clark

By Dan Peters | 10 March 2017

The chief executive of the Centre for Cities think-tank, Alexandra Jones, has been hired to head ...

Budget 2017: Hammond announces £2bn social care cash

By Dan Peters | 08 March 2017

Chancellor Philip Hammond has promised additional grant funding of £2bn over the next three years...

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...