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Cabinet seat call for cities

By Dan Peters | 21 October 2014

The Government should consider giving cities a permanent seat at cabinet, a 12-month inquiry publ...

Havering LBC to save cash by cutting chief execs' hours

By Dan Peters | 21 October 2014

A council chief executive who wanted to retire on her 61st birthday has been persuaded to stay on...

Balls ploughs ahead with mansion tax plans

By Dan Peters | 21 October 2014

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls is ploughing ahead with plans for a mansion tax despite criticism from...

Mind the digital gap

By Dan Peters | 20 October 2014

Is local government at the cutting edge in developing digital services or lagging behind? Dan Pet...

Rotherham's Thacker pay off was 'less than required'

By Dan Peters | 20 October 2014

Rotherham MBC has disclosed it paid its strategic director of children’s services £40,000 as part...

Ofsted regime is 'broken', says Donny chief

By Dan Peters | 19 October 2014

Doncaster MBC’s chief executive launched a stinging attack on Ofsted’s ‘broken’ social care inspe...

Sparks: councils cannot take further budget cuts

By Dan Peters | 16 October 2014

Councils will tell the next government in 2015 that the sector cannot take any more cuts, the cha...

'Inexperienced staff' do not understand the law

By Dan Peters | 15 October 2014

Calls have been made for monitoring officers (MO) to have legal knowledge and be at the top table...

W Sussex CC gives thumbs down to committee system

By Dan Peters | 14 October 2014

West Sussex CC is expected to dismiss a call to return to the committee system at a full county c...

'Leaders must face up to funding shake-up' says MP

By Dan Peters | 14 October 2014

Local government leaders need to show more ‘imagination and leadership’ as they call for a shake-...