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Councils 'need seat around negotiation table' after Brexit

By Sam Clayden | 24 June 2016

Local government must be given a 'seat around the table' when it comes to deciding how to replace...

Brexit

By Sam Clayden | 24 June 2016

The referendum outcome split the population, thrust the country's economy in the air and led to a...

Sunderland closer to setting up children's service company

By Sam Clayden | 23 June 2016

Sunderland City Council has come a step closer to being the first authority to set up a trust to ...

Wilshaw: Poor will suffer under Whitehall's academy plans

By Sam Clayden | 23 June 2016

Schools could ‘wither on the vine’ under Whitehall’s plans to turn them all into academies – and ...

Suffolk residents support devolution plans

By Sam Clayden | 23 June 2016

Three-fifths of Suffolk residents support handing powers to East Anglia, despite almost a quarter...

Council staff 'worked into the ground' because of cuts

By Sam Clayden | 22 June 2016

Local government workers have experienced unprecedented pressure and stress in the workplace beca...

'Let top authorities form MATs'

By Sam Clayden | 21 June 2016

High-performing local authorities should not be cut out of forming multi-academy trusts (MAT), tw...

London Councils' concern that starter homes 'will not deliver'

By Sam Clayden | 21 June 2016

London will experience a dramatic increase in the number of properties to rent in the face of Whi...

A better result for health?

By Sam Clayden | 21 June 2016

With health and social care integration high on the local government agenda, Dan Peters and Sam C...

County leader says district roles 'shrunk' amid unitary feud

By Sam Clayden | 21 June 2016

The role of districts has diminished, Buckinghamshire CC’s leader has claimed amid a feud over re...