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EXCLUSIVE: Government has no action plan for improving children's social care

By Dan Peters | 08 February 2022

The Government has admitted it does not have a single detailed action plan to deliver high-qualit...

Fresh audit procurement launched

By Dan Peters | 08 February 2022

A major procurement of audit services for local government bodies designed to encourage and suppo...

National industrial action prospects over pay fade

By Dan Peters | 07 February 2022

A nationally-coordinated wave of industrial action over this year’s pay claim looks increasingly ...

Business grants fraud warning

By Dan Peters | 31 January 2022

Councils across the country have reported receiving scores of fraudulent applications for busines...

Call for chief and leader to quit after Star death

By Dan Peters | 31 January 2022

A senior Bradford city councillor has called for the chief executive and leader to quit in the af...

No new Government deadline for cladding removal

By Dan Peters | 31 January 2022

The Government has failed to come up with a new deadline for replacing all unsafe Grenfell-style ...

Council chiefs in supply chain warning

By Dan Peters | 31 January 2022

Council chief executives have called on the Government to act amid warnings of supply chain issue...

Levelling up transparency call amid funding row

By Dan Peters | 25 January 2022

Whitehall officials were this week facing renewed pressure over how the Levelling Up Fund was dol...

Brabin calls for post-COVID devo deal

By Dan Peters | 24 January 2022

England’s first ever female metro mayor has called for a post-COVID devolution deal with new powe...

EXCLUSIVE: Gove allows under-pressure councils to drop services

By Dan Peters | 24 January 2022

Under-pressure councils can drop some non-statutory services if they need to cope with coronaviru...