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National Living Wage fuels concerns

By Dan Peters | 28 July 2015

The new National Living Wage (NLW) could lead to ‘catastrophic’ failures in the homecare sector, ...

County Councils Network prioritises 'radical devolution'

By Dan Peters | 27 July 2015

A vision featuring ‘flexible and bold devolution plans’ has been laid out by the chairman-elect o...

Tees Valley ups pace as it accepts mayor argument

By Dan Peters | 24 July 2015

The Tees Valley region could secure a raft of devolved powers including over further education an...

Treasury asks DCLG to prepare for 40% cuts

By Dan Peters | 22 July 2015

The Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) will be asked to find up to a further 4...

MPs could widen look at LOBOs

By Dan Peters | 22 July 2015

The Communities and Local Government Committee could look beyond controversial Lender Option Borr...

Rollout for financial peer challenge

By Dan Peters | 22 July 2015

A specialist form of peer challenge focusing on finance will be rolled out by the Local Governmen...

More solar panels for Nottingham's social housing stock

By Dan Peters | 22 July 2015

Nottingham City Council is to embark on a fresh round of solar panel installations on its social ...

Joint inspections called into question

By Dan Peters | 22 July 2015

New joint targeted inspections for local agencies that ‘fail to work together effectively’ have b...

The money makers

By Dan Peters | 22 July 2015

Dan Peters reports on the results of a joint The MJ, LGN and Localis study in which local authori...

A new generation?

By Dan Peters | 22 July 2015

The MJ/Localis study puts spotlight on income generation as local authorities look to commercial ...