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Leader to step down after drink-driving charge

By Dan Peters | 04 January 2016

Worcestershire CC’s leader Adrian Hardman will step down days before answering a drink-driving ch...

Councils could spend reserves before mergers

By Dan Peters | 04 January 2016

Welsh councils that could be merged out of existence may spunk their reserves before they are reo...

PR chief quits after TV doc probe

By Dan Peters | 24 December 2015

A council PR chief has quit after a probe into the authority's involvement in a fly-on-the-wall d...

Call for beefed up health and wellbeing boards

By Dan Peters | 23 December 2015

Health and wellbeing boards should be given the power to commission services, hold budgets and fo...

Director defends consultation attitude

By Dan Peters | 23 December 2015

A senior local government finance director has defended his profession after one in five admitted...

Chief executive launches probe after elections mistake

By Dan Peters | 23 December 2015

A council chief executive has launched an investigation after a ‘significant error’ meant his aut...

Middlesbrough breaks rank on freedom of information

By Dan Peters | 22 December 2015

Middlesbrough Council has vowed to stand against attempts to weaken the Freedom of Information (F...

'Ambitious' devolution plan backed by Whitehall

By Dan Peters | 21 December 2015

An ‘ambitious’ five year plan for health and social care in Greater Manchester has been backed by...

Call for Scottish devolution debate

By Dan Peters | 21 December 2015

The Scottish Secretary has called for an ‘urgent’ national debate on the devolution of power from...

Fitzgerald takes on combined authority role

By Dan Peters | 21 December 2015

Liverpool City Council’s chief executive Ged Fitzgerald has been confirmed as the new interim hea...