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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...

Integration cash and council tax freeze in settlement

By Dan Peters | 16 December 2015

Local authorities in Scotland will receive £250m from the NHS as part of a ‘radical reform to the...

Authorities left to 'pick up pieces' of health crisis

By Dan Peters | 16 December 2015

Local government could be left to ‘pick up the pieces’ from the NHS’ financial crisis, an expert ...

Rates retention scrutinised

By Dan Peters | 16 December 2015

The impact of 100% business rates retention on English council finances will be examined in a new...