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New rules to stop 'playground politics'

By Dan Peters | 05 October 2015

New rules will stop politically motivated boycott and divestment campaigns against UK defence com...

DCN proposes district clusters model

By Dan Peters | 02 October 2015

District clusters could take on powers including housing, planning and regeneration under a doubl...

Referendum call over council merger plan

By Dan Peters | 30 September 2015

Welsh Conservatives have pledged to give local residents a referendum on any proposed council mer...

Cracking the code

By Dan Peters | 30 September 2015

Many believe in the need for an ethical code for officers to follow and, in the wake of SOLACE’s ...

SOLACE code needs to have 'more bite'

By Dan Peters | 30 September 2015

A committee will be formed to develop the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives’ (SOLACE) c...

Norfolk and Suffolk look to combine devo bids

By Dan Peters | 18 September 2015

Norfolk and Suffolk could form a joint combined authority after all despite missing the Governmen...

Directors criticise 'unreasonable' in-year grant cut

By Dan Peters | 17 September 2015

Children’s services directors have labelled proposals to slash the youth justice grant by a furth...

PM criticised over transformation message

By Dan Peters | 16 September 2015

Private companies will not solve a crisis in children’s social care, prime minister David Cameron...

Devo plans hit as Whitehall takes firm stance on powers

By Dan Peters | 16 September 2015

Devolution hopes have been dashed in areas throughout the country after the Government revealed a...

Trickett: Devolution tied to spending cuts doesn't work

By Dan Peters | 15 September 2015

The new shadow communities secretary Jon Trickett has argued that ‘devolution tied to spending cu...