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Demands issued in return for mayor

By Dan Peters | 21 August 2015

Tough-talking West Midlands councils have told government they will only accept an elected mayor ...

WHITEHALL

Ridley to return to DCLG

By Dan Peters | 20 August 2015

The Department of Communities and Local Government’s (DCLG) former finance director will return t...

FINANCE

MP calls for council leaders to have London Assembly voting rights

By Dan Peters | 18 August 2015

London’s council leaders should be given the right to turn up and vote at a beefed-up London Asse...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Push for premier powers

By Dan Peters | 18 August 2015

Dan Peters reports from Bolton MBC where he spoke to new chief executive, Paul Najsarek, on how h...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

West Midlands devo deal 'is the most complex yet'

By Dan Peters | 18 August 2015

West Midlands council chiefs were this week locked in talks with government trying to thrash out ...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Rogers vows to get tough on staff

By Dan Peters | 18 August 2015

Birmingham City Council’s chief executive has vowed to be tougher with his corporate leadership t...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

District council probe after mass grievance submission

By Dan Peters | 18 August 2015

Senior staff are at loggerheads with the management team at a district council that is subject to...

FINANCE

LPFA chair to lead fund's super pool

By Dan Peters | 18 August 2015

London mayor Boris Johnson has made a key appointment in his bid to drive forward consolidation a...

FINANCE

Whitehall to examine cost of children's care

By Dan Peters | 18 August 2015

The Government will commission work to find out more about children’s services demand and expendi...

FINANCE

Campaigners could challenge councils over LOBO loans

By Dan Peters | 18 August 2015

Councils could face a raft of challenges to their annual accounts from campaigners against the us...

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