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Report: Regeneration finance needs to change

By Dan Peters | 10 May 2016

The way finance is made available to promote regeneration needs to change, according to a report ...

SOLACE chair to leave sector

By Dan Peters | 10 May 2016

The chair of the Society of Local Authority chief executives is leaving the sector to become the ...

Barnet chief leaves after electoral 'shambles'

By Dan Peters | 09 May 2016

Barnet LBC chief executive Andrew Travers will leave the council after an election blunder meant ...

Labour keeps control of key councils

By Dan Peters | 05 May 2016

Labour has managed to keep control of more council seats than the Conservatives, according to the...

Councils urged to stop using bailiffs

By Dan Peters | 04 May 2016

Charities have urged councils to stop using bailiffs to chase council tax debts, warning enforcem...

Single unitary to be explored by Bucks

By Dan Peters | 04 May 2016

Buckinghamshire CC is expected to spend up to £50,000 on an outline business case exploring the b...

Precept may help fund care home's drop in earnings

By Dan Peters | 03 May 2016

Britain’s biggest care home group is hoping for funding from the social care precept to flow into...

Call for taskforce to tackle crisis-hit Scots authorities

By Dan Peters | 03 May 2016

A taskforce could be launched to grapple with the financial situation facing Scotland’s in-crisis...

Inquiry eyes advantages of economic inclusivity

By Dan Peters | 03 May 2016

A major independent inquiry to understand and identify practical ways to make local economies acr...

PM tells DCLG: Make sure local bosses are good enough

By Dan Peters | 03 May 2016

Prime minister David Cameron will focus on local government leadership in a key early summer anno...