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Further devolution deals fail to materialise

By Dan Peters | 03 December 2014

Chancellor George Osborne failed to announce any further devolution deals in today’s Autumn State...

Hanningfield under fire as Met reopens probe

By Dan Peters | 03 December 2014

The Met Police has reopened its probe into allegations that ex-Essex CC leader Lord Hanningfield ...

Wigan MP's fury over Devo Manc deal

By Dan Peters | 03 December 2014

A shadow minister has angrily criticised the Devo Manc deal struck between the predominantly Labo...

Ofsted hits back at criticism

By Dan Peters | 03 December 2014

Ofsted has insisted its inspections must continue to sit alongside sector-led improvement despite...

Authorities' top aim must be fiscal devolution

By Dan Peters | 03 December 2014

Council chief executives have told the Independent Commission on Local Government Finance that th...

Councils 'were close' to dumping the BCF

By Dan Peters | 02 December 2014

The Local Government Association (LGA) considered walking away from the Better Care Fund (BCF) pr...

Municipal bonds agency interest in Islamic finance

By Dan Peters | 01 December 2014

The Local Government Association’s (LGA) municipal bonds agency (MBA) could make use of Islamic f...

Call for further Pickles intervention in Tower Hamlets

By Dan Peters | 01 December 2014

Communities secretary Eric Pickles has been urged to intervene in Tower Hamlets LBC’s arrangement...

Kerslake defends Whitehall knowledge of councils

By Dan Peters | 28 November 2014

The most senior official at the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has defende...

CIPFA demands Barnett formula review

By Dan Peters | 28 November 2014

The Chartered Institute for Public Finance and Accountancy’s (CIPFA) chief executive has demanded...