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Pressure still on for council children's services

By Dan Peters | 03 March 2015

Children’s services will remain under pressure in cash-strapped councils, former children’s minis...

EXCLUSIVE: Lack of cash threatens success of Care Act

By Dan Peters | 03 March 2015

Adult social care directors are warning that a failure to fully fund new burdens arising from the...

Pledge to reform finances

By Dan Peters | 03 March 2015

Labour will race to reform the local government finance system by the end of this year if the par...

Aberdeen and Glasgow join COSLA rival

By Jamie Hailstone | 03 March 2015

Aberdeen and Glasgow city councils have become the first authorities to formally agree to join th...

Chief cleared over resignation request

By Dan Peters | 03 March 2015

Cornwall Council’s chief executive Andrew Kerr’s request for a councillor who posed a ‘serious ri...

Will lack of cash cripple the Care Act?

By Dan Peters | 03 March 2015

The Care Act has been hailed as a welcome framework for the 21st century, but directors of adult ...

Interest grows in social impact bonds

By Dan Peters | 03 March 2015

More pension funds will look at investing in social impact bonds in future, it has been predicted.

Council sells assets in bid to raise cash for capital programme

By Dan Peters | 03 March 2015

A cash-strapped city council aims to sell £50m of its assets over three years to help fund its £4...

Partnership chief to leave post early

By Dan Peters | 02 March 2015

The chief executive of Liverpool City Council’s controversial partnership with BT – Liverpool Dir...

Federation calls for health and care to be integrated with housing

By Dan Peters | 27 February 2015

More than 100,000 affordable care-ready homes for older people will need to be built over the nex...