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EXCLUSIVE: Leaked blackout plans warn people could die

By Dan Peters | 07 November 2022

People could die in an energy blackout as local government services supporting vulnerable people ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Councils could resurrect legal action over asylum

By Dan Peters | 07 November 2022

Government attempts to fix the UK’s ‘broken’ asylum system could be hit as West Midlands mets thr...

HEALTH

Making a difference in Bedford

By Dan Peters | 02 November 2022

Bedford BC’s chief executive Laura Church is a fan of unitarisation, but she says it comes with i...

OFSTED

Review exposes 'very serious abuse and neglect'

By Dan Peters | 31 October 2022

Children with disabilities and complex needs suffered ‘very serious abuse and neglect’ at three n...

FINANCE

New cash pledge for Investment Zones

By Mark Conrad | 19 October 2022

Investment zones will be funded with ‘new’ Treasury cash, and not existing local government spend...

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Council audit failures hit Government accounts

By Dan Peters | 14 October 2022

Failures in the local audit market in England and Wales mean central Government has ‘poorer quali...

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Dilnot calls for £6bn for social care

By Dan Peters | 14 October 2022

The leader of a review into the future of funding social care under the coalition Government has ...

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Levelling up, scaling down?

By Heather Jameson and Dan Peters | 13 October 2022

Key measures on planning expected to be moved from flagship levelling up Bill.

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Truss pledges no cuts to spending

By Dan Peters | 13 October 2022

Prime Minister Liz Truss has insisted she will not cut spending to balance the books.

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District frustration after county blocks investment zone bid

By Dan Peters | 12 October 2022

Cherwell DC has expressed frustration after its county council blocked a bid to create an investm...

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