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Southwark chief to help with vaccine rollout

By Dan Peters | 19 January 2021

Southwark LBC’s chief executive will be brought in on secondment by NHS England to help with the ...

EXCLUSIVE: Election officers bid for legal protection

By Dan Peters | 19 January 2021

Returning officers have called for protection against lawsuits for running this year’s elections ...

Jenrick: I would love remote meetings to continue

By Dan Peters | 19 January 2021

Robert Jenrick has said he would ‘love’ councils to be able to continue holding remote meetings b...

Foresight group finds 'lack of strategy and shared plan'

By Dan Peters | 18 January 2021

‘Siloed and isolated action has been proven to fail again and again’ in the country’s response to...

Extra scrutiny for council companies

By Dan Peters | 18 January 2021

Senior councillors will receive a confidential quarterly report on the performance of all Warring...

LGA to call in conspiracy theory experts

By Dan Peters | 15 January 2021

The Local Government Association (LGA) is to talk to university experts to help councils counter ...

Council warned not to overly rely on reserves

By Dan Peters | 14 January 2021

Auditors have warned Sutton LBC to be careful about relying too much on its reserves to offset cu...

Local leaders pile on vaccine pressure

By Dan Peters | 12 January 2021

Frustrated local government leaders have piled pressure on ministers and officials over the speed...

Warning over integrated care plan

By Dan Peters | 11 January 2021

Proposals to merge health bodies into larger regional integrated care systems (ICS) are ‘in dange...

Uncertainty over rates rebate risk

By Dan Peters | 08 January 2021

More uncertainty has been heaped on councils after it emerged they could be hit by a £481m busine...