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Middlesbrough breaks rank on freedom of information

By Dan Peters | 22 December 2015

Middlesbrough Council has vowed to stand against attempts to weaken the Freedom of Information (F...

'Ambitious' devolution plan backed by Whitehall

By Dan Peters | 21 December 2015

An ‘ambitious’ five year plan for health and social care in Greater Manchester has been backed by...

Call for Scottish devolution debate

By Dan Peters | 21 December 2015

The Scottish Secretary has called for an ‘urgent’ national debate on the devolution of power from...

Fitzgerald takes on combined authority role

By Dan Peters | 21 December 2015

Liverpool City Council’s chief executive Ged Fitzgerald has been confirmed as the new interim hea...

Data protection stops flooding help

By Dan Peters | 18 December 2015

A council-backed business support programme in Cumbria has refused to disclose a list of flood-af...

Council adds £9.7m shop to property portfolio

By Dan Peters | 18 December 2015

Portsmouth City Council has boosted its new property investment strategy by buying a shop in Swin...

Council 'first in Europe' to be carbon neutral

By Dan Peters | 18 December 2015

Stroud DC is thought to have become the first carbon neutral council in Europe.

London councils' 'patchy support' for extremism strategy

By Dan Peters | 18 December 2015

The current approach to preventing extremism in London is ‘top down’ and makes it ‘difficult to e...

'Crisis awaits' local government pension scheme

By Dan Peters | 18 December 2015

The local government pension scheme (LGPS) is a ‘national embarrassment’ and ‘crisis awaits,’ a s...

Committee unlikely to publish LOBO report

By Dan Peters | 18 December 2015

The communities and local government (CLG) committee’s inquiry into controversial Lender Option B...