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Council leader sceptical about flooding help

By Dan Peters | 05 January 2016

The leader of a flooding-hit West Yorkshire council has blamed a media-attention divide between n...

D2N2 devolution rebranded as North Midlands

By Dan Peters | 05 January 2016

North Midlands leaders have urged ministers to sign up to a devolution deal as they publish their...

Council tax falls by 8%

By Dan Peters | 04 January 2016

The average band D council tax bill fell by eight per cent between 2010/11 and 2015/16, new resea...

Chief executives in New Year's Honours List

By Dan Peters | 04 January 2016

Council chief executives have been named in the 2016 New Year’s Honours list.

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...