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Chief and leader at odds over government intervention request

By Dan Peters | 20 September 2021

Tensions between Thanet DC’s chief executive and leader have erupted into the open after the latt...

ADASS warning over settled status

By Dan Peters | 16 September 2021

Many older and vulnerable European nationals living in the UK may still not have applied for sett...

Stalemate over audit timeliness

By Dan Peters | 16 September 2021

The organisation responsible for appointing local government auditors has admitted it can do litt...

Districts hit back at think tank planning proposals

By Dan Peters | 16 September 2021

District councils have hit back at a think-tank’s call for the Government to transfer planning po...

Councils could lose COVID cash over lack of data

By Dan Peters | 16 September 2021

English councils have been warned future funding to help reduce the spread of coronavirus could b...

The deal decision

By Dan Peters | 14 September 2021

The MJ rounds up the current state of play on devolution in England. Dan Peters reports.

Village hall to be used to house homeless

By Dan Peters | 10 September 2021

A village hall will be converted into homes for the homeless in a scheme that is thought to be a ...

Pickles praises mayors during pandemic

By Dan Peters | 09 September 2021

Former local government secretary Eric Pickles has admitted he was a ‘late convert’ to the idea o...

Coventry to take legal action over asylum

By Dan Peters | 07 September 2021

A council has been forced to take legal action over the Government’s use of hotels for asylum see...

Wait continues for resettlement scheme details

By Martin Ford | 07 September 2021

Key details of the new resettlement scheme for arriving Afghan refugees have still not been confi...