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'Several' councils on Whitehall watch list

By Sam Clayden | 05 July 2016

After claiming success in Tower Hamlets and Rotherham, local government minister Marcus Jones has...

Bristol boss to step down

By Sam Clayden | 01 July 2016

Bristol City Council's city director Nicola Yates is to step down later this month after three ye...

PAC concerned about devolution oversight

By Sam Clayden | 01 July 2016

MPs have raised fresh concerns about the oversight and implementation of devolution deals as loca...

London Councils chair resigns to join Khan's top team

By Sam Clayden | 30 June 2016

London Councils chair and Hackney LBC mayor Jules Pipe has announced he will stand down from his ...

Tower Hamlets' commissioners 'didn't deliver value for money'

By Sam Clayden | 29 June 2016

The commissioners appointed to overturn mass failings within Tower Hamlets LBC did not achieve va...

Trouble ahead for regional devolution deals

By Sam Clayden | 29 June 2016

Brexit could spark a turning point for the devolution agenda, a think-tank leader has claimed.

'Don't let us lose our vital EU cash'

By Sam Clayden | 29 June 2016

Local government must not lose out on the billions of pounds worth of EU funding it had been prom...

Officers could be identified under future Ofsted rules

By Sam Clayden | 28 June 2016

Poor performing local authority chief executives and their management teams could be named and sh...

Officers praised after children's services turnaround

By Sam Clayden | 27 June 2016

Ofsted has praised Cornwall Council's senior management team after a radical turnaround of its ch...

Chiefs call for business rate rethink in face of Brexit

By Sam Clayden | 27 June 2016

Chief executives have called on the Government to rethink business rate retention after the UK de...