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'Give NI councils powers to do their jobs'

By Dan Peters | 26 April 2017

Northern Irish councils should be given the ‘power and the resources to do the job’ while Stormon...

UC becoming a 'scandalous waste' claims SOLACE chief

By Dan Peters | 26 April 2017

The implementation of Universal Credit (UC) is ‘nothing short of a scandal,’ the president of the...

EXCLUSIVE: 'Silly' orders hindering key information sharing

By Dan Peters | 26 April 2017

Councils are struggling to share key information with NHS trusts and Whitehall because guidance o...

'Delay rollout of 100% rates retention by at least a year'

By Dan Peters | 26 April 2017

The rollout of 100% business rates retention should be pushed back by at least a year, the chair ...

Guide to championing civic crowdfunding launched

By Dan Peters | 26 April 2017

A new guidebook to help empower local authorities ‘champion’ civic crowdfunding will be sent to c...

Warning over 'proxy vote' as elections clash

By Dan Peters | 26 April 2017

The local elections could be turned into a ‘proxy vote on party politics and Brexit’ by the Gener...

Casey to leave government after two decades

By Dan Peters | 21 April 2017

Senior civil servant Dame Louise Casey has announced she will be leaving government in the summer...

UC rollout: pause needed

By Dan Peters | 20 April 2017

Councils have called for a ‘longer pause’ in the rollout of Universal Credit amid the emergence o...

Rural England Budget blow

By Dan Peters | 20 April 2017

Rural residents are paying an average of £87 more per head in council tax than their urban counte...

Whitehall to improve homelessness stats

By Dan Peters | 20 April 2017

The Government has pledged to continue to work with the UK Statistics Authority to make its homel...