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County poised to reject £15m grant

By Dan Peters | 18 June 2021

Senior Leicestershire CC councillors are poised to turn down £15m of Housing Infrastructure Fund ...

Virtual meetings have boosted local democracy, survey finds

By Dan Peters | 17 June 2021

Nine in 10 councils believe local democracy has improved as a direct result of online council mee...

Khan: Councils on the frontline of tackling extremism

By Dan Peters | 17 June 2021

Local authorities are on the ‘frontline’ of the battle against extremism, an adviser to Prime Min...

Croydon told to act on interims

By Dan Peters | 17 June 2021

Croydon LBC has been told to move quickly to put a ‘substantive management team in place’ due to ...

Call for sector to 'resist' MPs' role in Levelling up Fund

By Dan Peters | 16 June 2021

A council leader has urged local government to ‘resist’ the role of MPs in the Levelling up Fund.

Keeping children in sight

By Dan Peters | 16 June 2021

Last week allegations of ill-treatment at a children’s home in Cardiff were in the spotlight. Dan...

Government warned of 'soaring summer of homelessness'

By Dan Peters | 15 June 2021

The Government will fail to fulfil its manifesto commitment of ending rough sleeping for good by ...

Surrey chief part of four-strong team of Liverpool commissioners

By Dan Peters | 10 June 2021

Surrey CC’s chief executive Joanna Killian will be part of the team of independent commissioners ...

Patel reveals rota replacement scheme for unaccompanied asylum seeking children

By Dan Peters | 10 June 2021

A new rota scheme will better distribute responsibility for unaccompanied asylum seeking children...

Call for 'urgent review' of quarantine hotels amid outbreaks

By Dan Peters | 09 June 2021

Reading Council has called for an ‘urgent review of COVID safety protocols’ at government-run tra...