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Welsh councils' performance improves

By Laura Sharman | 13 September 2017

Nearly two-thirds of council services in Wales have improved over the last year, according to new...

Councils win right to challenge hospital downgrade

By Laura Sharman | 07 September 2017

Four Oxfordshire councils have won a fresh hearing over plans to downgrade services at a local ho...

Auditors in equal pay warning

By Laura Sharman | 07 September 2017

Councils in Scotland have spent £750m settling equal pay claims since 2004, with 27,000 claims st...

Council to cut 800 full-time jobs

By Laura Sharman | 05 September 2017

Angus Council has warned it could cut 800 full-time posts over the next three years as it faces a...

Croydon scolded for children's services performance

By Laura Sharman | 04 September 2017

Croydon LBC has failed to improve children’s services quickly enough, according to a damning repo...

Housebuilding up - but not by enough

By Laura Sharman | 24 August 2017

More than 153,000 new homes were built in the last year - an increase of 11% compared to the 12 m...

Outsourcing blamed for bin complaints increase

By Laura Sharman | 23 August 2017

The outsourcing of waste collections by councils in England has led to an increase in the number ...

Finance concerns grow in wake of Grenfell

By Dan Peters | 18 August 2017

Council finance directors are growing increasingly concerned about the impact of the Grenfell Tow...

Council wins court battle days after Gove intervention

By Laura Sharman | 16 August 2017

Sheffield City Council has won a court battle against people protesting about its tree-felling pr...

Homelessness predicted to rocket

By Laura Sharman | 10 August 2017

Rough sleeping has been predicted to rocket by 76% in the next 10 years, according to new analysi...