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Section 114 chief: We will not be the last

By Dan Peters | 06 July 2021

Slough Council’s chief executive this week urged other sector bosses to ‘trust your intuition’ to...

EXCLUSIVE: Jenrick's exit payment intervention

By Dan Peters | 05 July 2021

Communities secretary Robert Jenrick personally intervened to strengthen the Government’s propose...

Quarantine hotel consultation call

By Dan Peters | 05 July 2021

Council leaders have called for the Government to consult with local authorities before quarantin...

Social housing shortage blamed for rising bed and breakfast use

By Dan Peters | 02 July 2021

Rising numbers of people who are homeless are being placed in bed and breakfasts due to a severe ...

Croydon to keep hold of loss-making property development firm

By Dan Peters | 02 July 2021

Croydon LBC is expected to keep hold of its property development firm Brick by Brick after reject...

Slough becomes second council to issue Section 114 in a year

By Dan Peters | 01 July 2021

Slough Council has become the second local authority in less than a year to issue a dreaded Secti...

Special needs deficits to grow to £1.3bn in two years

By Dan Peters | 30 June 2021

A ‘spiralling deficit’ in special educational needs services (SEN) is expected to grow to an ‘unm...

Municipal bonds agency faces uncertain future

By Dan Peters | 29 June 2021

The board of the loss-making UK Municipal Bonds Agency (MBA) has warned the company faces an unce...

Rough sleeping fears amid Everyone In wind down

By Dan Peters | 29 June 2021

Fears that rough sleepers will again become a fixture on Britain’s streets have emerged as the su...

'Inspirational' Ritchie to step down

By Dan Peters | 29 June 2021

Newcastle City Council’s ‘inspirational’ chief executive Pat Ritchie has today announced she will...