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WHITEHALL

Neighbourhood services key to community cohesion

By Dan Peters | 22 May 2023

The next Government has been urged to fund councils to carry out basic neighbourhood services to ...

HEALTH

Priory concerns 'heart-breaking'

By Dan Peters | 22 May 2023

Concerns that have emerged about the safety of patients and staff at a large mental health care p...

FINANCE

Audit backlog will slow account simplification work

By Dan Peters | 22 May 2023

Changes to simplify council accounts will not be implemented in the short-term due to a lack of c...

WHITEHALL

Labour pledges to reinstate housing targets

By Dan Peters | 17 May 2023

A Labour Government would reinstate housebuilding targets after a Conservative U-turn brought pro...

WHITEHALL

Councils call for Full Dispersal clarity

By Dan Peters | 16 May 2023

Home Office officials this week insisted the department’s Full Dispersal asylum policy was ‘well ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

The 'can do' council

By Dan Peters | 16 May 2023

The young leader of Broxbourne BC, Lewis Cocking, talks to Dan Peters about his firm focus on eco...

FINANCE

ICAEW calls for investment risk rule review

By Dan Peters | 15 May 2023

A professional accountancy body has called for the rules that prevent councils from diversifying ...

WHITEHALL

Audit body in respect call amid tensions

By Dan Peters | 15 May 2023

The organisation responsible for appointing local government auditors has urged ‘everyone to act ...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Alternative form of active management back on LGPS agenda, says expert

By Dan Peters | 15 May 2023

Council pension investments that consider climate change have redefined the debate about active v...

BUSINESS

Shell hits back after council fund criticism

By Dan Peters | 11 May 2023

British multinational oil and gas firm Shell has defended its plans after criticism by UK local a...

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