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Backing for move to curb judicial reviews

By Dominic Browne | 22 November 2012

Former local government minister Bob Neill has backs PM's plan to streamline the judicial review ...

'Urgent action' needed to tackle £10bn road repairs

By Dominic Browne | 22 November 2012

Council chiefs have called for urgent reforms to highways maintenance funding to tackle a £10bn b...

Councils 'ignored' calls to evict rioters

By Dominic Browne | 20 November 2012

According to research by The Daily Telegraph calls for rioters to be evicted from local authority...

DCLG rejects ending right to challenge on planning

By Dominic Browne | 19 November 2012

The DCLG has rejected reports that the Government is considering proposals to severely limit the ...

Capital's town hall pension schemes 'ticking timebombs', warns report

By Dominic Browne | 13 November 2012

A new report by the Pensions Institute has claimed town hall pension schemes in London are a 'tic...

Metal theft Bill overcomes Commons hurdle

By Dominic Browne | 09 November 2012

A Bill designed to end the scourge of metal theft successfully completed its passage through the ...

Voters face blackout on police chief elections

By Dominic Browne | 08 November 2012

Watchdog fears delays mean voters will miss important information about forthcoming PCC elections.

Pressure builds as homeless relocate

By Dominic Browne | 07 November 2012

Authorities outside London are struggling to house local homeless families and deal with a predic...

City Deals 'just a bridgehead towards a torrent of localism'

By Dominic Browne | 07 November 2012

Cities minister Greg Clark has hinted at a major expansion of the City Deals programme to include...

Exclusive: Collective insurance scheme for Oldham

By Dominic Browne | 01 November 2012

Oldham MBC could build on the success of its collective energy-switching campaign by expanding co...