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Care Act is 'ticking timebomb'

By Dan Peters | 06 January 2015

Lib Dem minister Norman Lamb has been urged to address concerns over the soon-to-be-implemented C...

Betts warns of tax system 'collapse'

By Dan Peters | 06 January 2015

The chair of the communities and local government committee has called for a revaluation as part ...

Councils must seek new finance sources

By Dan Peters | 06 January 2015

The man responsible for developing social impact bonds has urged councils to start thinking now a...

Workshop shows ways to offset frontline service cuts

By Dan Peters | 06 January 2015

Senior local government officers will meet in Nottingham next week to hear how Midlands councils ...

Give authorities powers to increase tax on long-term empty homes

By Dan Peters | 06 January 2015

Giving local authorities the power to increase tax on empty homes could raise as much as £215m a ...

Council defends transparency around chief executive pay-off

By Dan Peters | 05 January 2015

Rother DC has defended the transparency surrounding changes to its senior management structure af...

Councils clash over Merseyside elected mayor

By Dan Peters | 02 January 2015

Members of the Liverpool City Region combined authority are at loggerheads over whether they shou...

Councils blame cuts for rise in 15-minute visits

By Dan Peters | 23 December 2014

The number of councils in England commissioning 15-minute homecare visits has risen in the past y...

Six dead after council bin lorry mounts pavement

By Dan Peters | 22 December 2014

Six people have died and seven people have been seriously injured after a council bin lorry mount...

Councils praised after latest Troubled Families announcement

By Dan Peters | 22 December 2014

Councils have had payments-by-results made for over two-thirds of their troubled families, the Go...