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Council pay-outs to be cut

By Dan Peters | 05 February 2016

Local government pay-outs will be reduced under government plans to ‘modernise’ public sector red...

Electoral burden on sector could be reduced

By Dan Peters | 04 February 2016

The burden on local government of running electoral services will be reduced under proposals to r...

LGA waits to hear about cash for sector-led improvment

By Dan Peters | 03 February 2016

The Local Government Association (LGA) was this week waiting to find out how much money Whitehall...

Jobseekers 'must not pay council tax'

By Dan Peters | 03 February 2016

Asking people on jobseekers’ allowance to pay council tax is unfair, the Department for Communiti...

LGA 'neutral' on EU referendum

By Dan Peters | 03 February 2016

The Local Government Association (LGA) will remain neutral during the referendum on whether Brita...

Leese calls for council tax revaluation 25 years on

By Dan Peters | 03 February 2016

Manchester City Council leader Sir Richard Leese has made fresh calls for an overhaul of council ...

Sector faces £1.5bn bill for backdated NHS relief

By Dan Peters | 03 February 2016

Local government could be hit with a bill of up to £1.5bn after 60 NHS trusts suggested they migh...

Devolution split emerges in North Midlands

By Dan Peters | 02 February 2016

A split has emerged in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire over how quickly powers should be devolved ...

Public health planning 'thrown into uncertainty'

By Dan Peters | 01 February 2016

Public health planning is being held up by Whitehall’s failure to announce the funding settlement...

Council plans to break free from government grants

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2016

East Hampshire DC believes its plan to become independent of government grant by 2019/20 while st...