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Minister: Fiscal devolution 'not a priority'

By Dan Peters | 05 November 2014

The Government will prioritise the implementation and delivery of the Greater Manchester plan bef...

Pickles set for battle over Tower Hamlets

By Dan Peters | 04 November 2014

Under-fire Tower Hamlets LBC will fight communities secretary Eric Pickles' plans to intervene in...

BCF director hails 'remarkable' progress

By Dan Peters | 04 November 2014

The programme director of the Better Care Fund (BCF) has suggested it could be just the first ste...

ADCS chief seeks clarity on safeguarding boards

By Dan Peters | 04 November 2014

The Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has called for an ‘urgent national rev...

Reeves: 'Don't waste care bids'

By Dan Peters | 04 November 2014

Coventry City Council’s chief executive Martin Reeves has pleaded for the sector not to waste the...

Pickles proposes Tower Hamlets intervention

By Dan Peters | 04 November 2014

Communities secretary Eric Pickles has insisted his proposed Government intervention package for ...

Government hopes Manchester will be 'first of many' after devolution deal

By Dan Peters | 03 November 2014

The Government has said it hopes Manchester will be the first of many cities to win greater devol...

Cash for innovation programme after minister's praise

By Dan Peters | 31 October 2014

The children’s social care innovation programme will receive £100m over its life, the National Ch...

Lamb roars against 'ridiculous' health and care divide

By Dan Peters | 31 October 2014

Lib Dem minister Norman Lamb has called for an end to the ‘ridiculous divide’ between health and ...

LGA ponders child sexual exploitation response

By Dan Peters | 31 October 2014

The Local Government Association (LGA) could develop a peer challenge programme to specifically d...