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LGA slams new PWLB loan terms

By Dan Peters | 01 November 2016

Early repayment of Public Works Loan Board (PWLB) debt is ‘no longer good value for money for cou...

Councils must ensure pension boards understand their subject

By Dan Peters | 26 October 2016

Administering councils must ensure local pension board members are qualified to improve the gover...

Sandwell's Chinese deal will create technology partnership

By Dan Peters | 26 October 2016

Delegates from the Chinese city of Jinhua have signed an international agreement with Sandwell MBC.

Plan to protect authorities' funds

By Dan Peters | 26 October 2016

An insurance scheme that councils can choose to pay into to protect their funding after the move ...

Whitehall has no plans for further interventions

By Dan Peters | 26 October 2016

The Government has insisted it has no plans to launch further interventions after sending in comm...

Met 'fails to tackle election fraud at Tower Hamlets'

By Dan Peters | 26 October 2016

Tower Hamlets commissioners have expressed their disappointment at the Metropolitan Police Servic...

Javid backs Homelessness Bill

By Dan Peters | 25 October 2016

Communities secretary Sajid Javid has given his backing to a Bill that would place a duty on coun...

Greater Manchester health shift 'delegation not devolution'

By Dan Peters | 21 October 2016

The shifting of health powers to Greater Manchester is better described as delegation instead of ...

Council rescue package to save cricket club

By Dan Peters | 20 October 2016

Durham Council has approved a rescue package to secure the future of the county’s cricket club an...

Warrington courts Merseyside over devolution

By Dan Peters | 20 October 2016

Warrington Council has been courting the Liverpool city region with an eye on joining its devolut...