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Exclusive: Districts face financial 'cliff edge'

By Dan Peters | 29 October 2020

Districts face a ‘fiscal cliff edge of up to £524.1m after 2020/21 from lost business rates reven...

Exclusive: Councils 'Struggling' to deliver on food standards

By Dan Peters | 29 October 2020

Some councils are ‘struggling to do even the most urgent and priority’ work on food standards, a ...

Reorganisation hopes renewed for counties

By Dan Peters | 28 October 2020

Ministers have given hope to counties pushing for local government reorganisation as they give mi...

Spelthorne councillors to be more involved in commercial decisions after criticism

By Dan Peters | 23 October 2020

Spelthorne BC councillors will be more involved in future investment-related decisions after the ...

Legal action threatened over exit cap

By Dan Peters | 23 October 2020

Three local government groups have joined together to threaten a judicial review over the Governm...

Northern Irish legal case could set precedent across UK

By Dan Peters | 23 October 2020

Northern Irish councils have suggested local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales could ben...

Councils step in after government rejects Rashford campaign

By Dan Peters | 23 October 2020

Councils around the country have quickly stepped in after the Government voted against providing ...

Burnham calls for national-local reset

By Dan Peters | 22 October 2020

Greater Manchester’s Labour mayor Andy Burnham has called for a ‘reset’ between national and loca...

Jenrick announces allocations for £1bn council funding

By Dan Peters | 22 October 2020

Local government secretary Robert Jenrick has confirmed allocations for individual councils from ...

Coronavirus leads to scrapping of three-year Spending Review

By Dan Peters | 21 October 2020

Plans to create a three-year settlement for public spending have been abandoned as latest figures...