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Don't call it a comeback

By Dan Peters | 14 November 2023

Dan Peters talks to Cllr Rowenna Davis and Mayor Jason Perry about Croydon LBC's improvement jour...

EXCLUSIVE: Oflog pushes ahead with early warning system

By Dan Peters | 13 November 2023

Senior Oflog officials are pressing ahead with their plans to create an early warning system for ...

Sector waits for Downing Street to clear devolution announcement

By Martin Ford | 13 November 2023

Councils are hoping No10 will sign off an expansion of level two and level three devolution deals...

EXCLUSIVE: Improvement grant talks to start with zero-based review

By Dan Peters | 13 November 2023

A zero-based budgeting review will take place as part of talks on next year’s sector-led improvem...

Chief to retire after almost 40 years with council

By Dan Peters | 10 November 2023

Chief executive of Tonbridge and Malling BC, Julie Beilby, has announced she is to retire after n...

Land value tax could redistribute billions

By Dan Peters | 09 November 2023

A plan to reform business rates could lead to billions of pounds being redistributed from high la...

Call for 'urgent action on deepening housing crisis'

By Dan Peters | 09 November 2023

The council that increased new homes supply the most last year has urged the Government to take ‘...

Watchdog warning over elections

By Dan Peters | 08 November 2023

It could take a generation to restore public confidence if there are major problems at the next G...

Council chiefs to receive 3.5% pay increase

By Dan Peters | 02 November 2023

Local authority chief executives will receive a 3.5% salary increase backdated to the beginning o...

Emergency summit held amid temporary accommodation warnings

By Dan Peters | 31 October 2023

More than 150 councils this week attended an emergency summit as the cost of temporary accommodat...