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'Alarmed' Tory leader pens letter to Cameron

By Dan Peters | 08 January 2016

A Tory council leader has launched a blistering attack on the ‘poorly handled’ local government f...

Council leader welcomes £2m government steel funding

By Dan Peters | 07 January 2016

Almost £2m of government funding will be made available to support those affected by the restruct...

Call for cross-party health and social care commission

By Dan Peters | 06 January 2016

A cross-party commission to review future funding and structure of health and social care service...

Chief executive praised despite inadequate rating

By Dan Peters | 05 January 2016

Children’s services at Torbay Council have been graded inadequate by Ofsted in a report published...

Council leader sceptical about flooding help

By Dan Peters | 05 January 2016

The leader of a flooding-hit West Yorkshire council has blamed a media-attention divide between n...

D2N2 devolution rebranded as North Midlands

By Dan Peters | 05 January 2016

North Midlands leaders have urged ministers to sign up to a devolution deal as they publish their...

Council tax falls by 8%

By Dan Peters | 04 January 2016

The average band D council tax bill fell by eight per cent between 2010/11 and 2015/16, new resea...

Chief executives in New Year's Honours List

By Dan Peters | 04 January 2016

Council chief executives have been named in the 2016 New Year’s Honours list.

Leader to step down after drink-driving charge

By Dan Peters | 04 January 2016

Worcestershire CC’s leader Adrian Hardman will step down days before answering a drink-driving ch...

Councils could spend reserves before mergers

By Dan Peters | 04 January 2016

Welsh councils that could be merged out of existence may spunk their reserves before they are reo...