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Former social care chief sentenced for drug offences

By Dan Peters | 01 February 2024

An ex-deputy director of social care at Bradford MDC has been sentenced after pleading guilty to ...

Health boost for Housing First residents, research finds

By Dan Peters | 01 February 2024

Housing First – under which homeless people are guaranteed a home while they access intensive lon...

Unions plan for January pay claim

By Dan Peters | 28 November 2023

Local government trade unions are aiming to submit their next one-year pay claim in January, The ...

Councils welcome PWLB rate extension

By Dan Peters | 27 November 2023

Councils have welcomed chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s decision to extend preferential Public Works Loan...

Pressure for LGA peer review to be strengthened

By Dan Peters | 27 November 2023

Senior Local Government Association (LGA) figures are pushing the organisation to beef up its pee...

MPs demand answers on Oflog independence

By Dan Peters | 24 November 2023

MPs have called for the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to outline the degre...

Fewer than 100 homes for refugees are occupied

By Dan Peters | 23 November 2023

Fewer than 100 homes acquired using a fund to support English councils obtain housing for those f...

London Councils to step back support for land value tax plans

By Dan Peters | 23 November 2023

London Councils is expected to distance itself from backing the idea of a land value tax when its...

Mayor apologises as combined authority 'learns lessons'

By Dan Peters | 14 November 2023

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority’s chief executive, Rob Bridge, has said he is ...

Department's financial views questioned

By Dan Peters | 14 November 2023

Levelling up civil servants have told council chiefs financial pressures have eased but watchdogs...