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Fresh calls for standards code sanctions

By Dan Peters | 26 January 2021

Fresh calls for meaningful sanctions on badly behaving councillors were made this week after the ...

Councils told to return millions in business grants to Whitehall

By Dan Peters | 25 January 2021

Councils are being ordered to return millions of pounds in business grants to Whitehall even with...

Councils complain about vaccine diversion

By Dan Peters | 25 January 2021

Frustrated council leaders have urged the Government to restore their expected coronavirus vaccin...

LGA pauses tourism levy calls

By Dan Peters | 22 January 2021

The Local Government Association (LGA) has agreed to pause its work gathering an evidence base fo...

More councils will be forced to issue Section 114 notices, MPs warn

By Dan Peters | 22 January 2021

More councils will ‘soon be unable to balance their books and be forced to issue Section 114 noti...

Council move to regain control of environmental services

By Dan Peters | 21 January 2021

Senior Norwich City Council members have taken another step towards bringing environmental servic...

May elections to go ahead as chiefs call for indemnity

By Dan Peters | 21 January 2021

Local elections will go ahead on 6 May despite the ongoing pandemic, Prime Minister Boris Johnson...

Hall puts pressure on Croydon for May mayoral referendum

By Dan Peters | 20 January 2021

Local government minister Luke Hall has suggested any referendum on introducing a directly-electe...

EXCLUSIVE: Four areas unprepared for Hong Kong 'surge arrival'

By Dan Peters | 19 January 2021

Four local resilience forums have admitted they are unprepared for the potential arrival of thous...

EXCLUSIVE: DCN attempts to use tiers frustration to boost reorganisation case

By Dan Peters | 19 January 2021

The District Councils’ Network (DCN) has attempted to boost its local government reorganisation a...