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FINANCE

Two councils expand partnership

By Dan Peters | 12 March 2015

Finance is among the departments that two councils have agreed to combine as part of an expanded ...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Bucks chief pledges action on failing children's services

By Dan Peters | 12 March 2015

Buckinghamshire CC's chief executive has pledged to secure a good rating for its children's servi...

WHITEHALL

LGA action on council financial 'watch list'

By Dan Peters | 10 March 2015

A watch list of councils financially at risk could be drawn up after watchdogs warned the Governm...

HEALTH

BCF scrutiny plans under development

By Dan Peters | 10 March 2015

An inquiry into how councils can improve their scrutiny of Better Care Fund (BCF) plans has been ...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Councils emphasise hidden plight of transition funding

By Dan Peters | 10 March 2015

County councils have highlighted the ‘hidden’ issue of funding the transition from children to ad...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Report warns councillors not to meddle in operational affairs

By Dan Peters | 10 March 2015

Officers at Portsmouth City Council (PCC) have ‘often felt under pressure to write reports that t...

SOCIAL CARE

Care Act will bring legal challenges, councils are warned

By Dan Peters | 10 March 2015

A local government lawyer has warned that councils could be exposed to legal challenges when the ...

ERIC PICKLES

Pickles moves to target more councils

By Dan Peters | 10 March 2015

Communities secretary Eric Pickles has said he is ‘minded’ to direct Hackney, Newham and Waltham ...

FINANCE

COSLA hits back at criticism over council borrowing levels

By Dan Peters | 10 March 2015

The main body representing Scottish councils has defended local authorities’ record levels of deb...

FINANCE

Award for Essex pensions team

By Dan Peters | 10 March 2015

The accountable officer for the Essex Pension Fund has expressed her pride after her team won a p...

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