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County council raids reserves for final budget

By Dan Peters | 16 February 2022

North Yorkshire CC faces having to draw on its cash reserves to meet service demand in its last y...

A wake up call for social housing

By Dan Peters | 16 February 2022

Media reports of the shocking state of some homes has given social housing providers a wake up ca...

EXCLUSIVE: DCN plans fee hike to fund 'ambitious' expansion

By Dan Peters | 15 February 2022

The District Councils’ Network (DCN) is planning a membership fee hike to increase its influence ...

District warning over parish push

By Dan Peters | 15 February 2022

Making it easier to establish town and parish councils could be a ‘recipe for confusion, higher c...

EXCLUSIVE: Districts down over levelling up details

By Dan Peters | 15 February 2022

Disappointed district councils will make their case to the Government next week after the Levelli...

EXCLUSIVE: Councillor suing own council for damages

By Dan Peters | 14 February 2022

An experienced councillor is suing his own council for thousands of pounds in damages over claims...

Councils complain about grants red tape

By Dan Peters | 14 February 2022

Frustrated councils are having to needlessly double check firms despite having repeatedly paid bu...

Regional targets for asylum floated

By Dan Peters | 14 February 2022

Regions could be allowed to come up with collective targets for the number of asylum seekers they...

O'Brien backs multi-year settlement idea

By Dan Peters | 10 February 2022

Levelling up minister Neil O’Brien has backed the idea of a multi-year local government finance s...

Forbes future in doubt after losing reselection vote

By Dan Peters | 09 February 2022

Senior vice-chair of the Local Government Association, Cllr Nick Forbes, has lost a vote to be re...