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DEVOLUTION

Reforms needed to save capital, report argues

By Dan Peters | 27 October 2014

Reforms are needed to stop the capital ‘falling victim to its own success,’ a report by the Centr...

PEOPLE

New appointment to help realise West Midlands combined authority

By Dan Peters | 22 October 2014

Wolverhampton City Council’s strategic director for community has been appointed chief executive ...

WHITEHALL

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...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

'Peer reviews are not perfect,' says Sparks

By Dan Peters | 21 October 2014

The chair of the Local Government Association (LGA) has admitted weaknesses with the sector-led i...

LEGAL

Vote of confidence for Barnet chief

By Dan Peters | 21 October 2014

Barnet LBC’s Conservative council leader Richard Cornelius has insisted chief executive Andrew Tr...

FINANCE

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...

FINANCE

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...

FINANCE

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...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

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...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

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...

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