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Herts CC is biggest innovation winner

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2015

The latest winners from the Department for Education’s £100m innovation programme were expected t...

One-off cash boosts 'not enough'

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2015

Chief executives caught in the middle of a political row on social care this week have argued one...

EXCLUSIVE: Sector-led improvement is 'right approach for future'

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2015

The senior Local Government Association (LGA) officer in charge of improvement has insisted the s...

Burnham hails Salford integrated care organisation

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2015

Andy Burnham has hailed the establishment of an integrated care organisation in Salford as the ‘c...

VIDEO: Ex-children's head sidelined over Rotherham CSE cases

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2015

A former director of children’s services at Rotherham MBC has been sidelined from her job in Aust...

BCF spend 'eroded by extra burdens'

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2015

Financial problems, winter pressures and extra burdens piled on the health service has eroded the...

Finance pundits urged to help LGA assist councils

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2015

Finance experts have been urged to sign up to help the Local Government Association (LGA) as it o...

Council cuts recycling to save local welfare scheme

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2015

A council that battled in court to keep local welfare funding has been forced to propose cuts to ...

LGPS invests in infrastructure

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2015

Two of the largest local government pension schemes (LGPS) in the UK have agreed to collaborate t...

Hardman softens over combined authority idea

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2015

The leader of Worcestershire CC has reversed his scepticism about forming a combined authority co...