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'Agile working policies' prompt council move

By Dan Peters | 13 July 2022

A post-pandemic office move expected to save a council more than £2m over the next 10 years has b...

Ombudsman raises role change fears

By Dan Peters | 12 July 2022

Questions remain about the future of the Local Government Ombudsman’s long-standing role in the r...

Government extends not-for-profit company's grant

By Dan Peters | 11 July 2022

A not-for-profit company that finds good quality affordable homes in the private rented sector ha...

EXCLUSIVE: Chiefs make offer to Whitehall amid rising pressures

By Dan Peters | 11 July 2022

Council chiefs have offered to co-produce detailed data to persuade the Treasury to ease the moun...

Minister delays self-funding care reforms

By Dan Peters | 07 July 2022

Residential care self-funders will not be able to ask their council to arrange care for them at t...

Outgoing Johnson appoints Greg Clark to return as local government secretary

By Dan Peters | 07 July 2022

Former local government secretary Greg Clark has been appointed to replace sacked levelling up se...

Minister tells councils to 'prioritise when delivering core services'

By Dan Peters | 30 June 2022

In a message to the Local Government Association’s annual conference, Treasury minister Simon Cla...

LGA Conference: Sector should consider offering four-day week

By Dan Peters | 29 June 2022

Councils may have to consider offering a four-day week in order to attract the staff desperately ...

Councillors quitting 'increasingly toxic' environment

By Chris Mahony | 28 June 2022

Death threats, stalking and spitting are leading to councillors quitting an ‘increasingly toxic’ ...

EXCLUSIVE: Home Office asylum dispersal plans delayed

By Dan Peters | 28 June 2022

The Home Office’s plans to order all regions of England, Scotland and Wales to take a share of as...