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Delay urged after calls for district-based unitary

By Dan Peters | 17 December 2014

The leader of Aylesbury Vale DC called for a ‘step change’ in how services are delivered as he ba...

Spending settlement red alert

By Dan Peters | 16 December 2014

CLG chair issues sharp warning to ministers over perceived complacency amid an uncertain future f...

Parties draw lines over EVEL

By Dan Peters | 16 December 2014

Dividing lines over how to answer the English Votes for English Laws (EVEL) question have been dr...

'Keep children's social care within the sector'

By Dan Peters | 16 December 2014

Children’s services directors have insisted that support for improvement should be sector-owned a...

Think tank: LGPS scheme 'mismanaged'

By Dan Peters | 16 December 2014

Immediate structural reforms need to be made to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) to avo...

'Don't axe the NHB' councils tell Labour

By Dan Peters | 16 December 2014

District chiefs have hit out at Labour Party proposals to axe the New Homes Bonus (NHB), claiming...

CIPFA defends its 'campaigning' style

By Dan Peters | 16 December 2014

The Chartered Institute for Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) has defended its shift to make...

Councils call for ratepayers' 'duty to notify' over business properties

By Dan Peters | 16 December 2014

Councils have called on the Government to introduce a statutory duty on ratepayers to inform the ...

Pension funds coalition to lobby gas and oil giants over climate change

By Dan Peters | 16 December 2014

Council pension funds are among a coalition of investors that will lobby two of the world’s bigge...

Tories split as Pickles fights for 1% referendum cap

By Dan Peters | 16 December 2014

Local authorities are facing a Christmas headache if Eric Pickles wins an internal party row to s...