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Key local government figures in Queen's birthday honours

By Sam Clayden | 13 June 2016

Several key local government figures have been placed alongside the likes of Sir Rod Stewart and ...

Clark signs off combined authority

By Sam Clayden | 10 June 2016

The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) was legally established today following a rocky week.

COSLA backs named person policy

By Sam Clayden | 09 June 2016

Council leaders have welcomed the controversial named person initiative after the Scottish Govern...

PAC: Cuts pose threat to personalised care

By Sam Clayden | 08 June 2016

Local authorities cannot fully personalise care while making savings, MPs have warned.

Districts launch review after Hampshire shuns rival devo deals

By Sam Clayden | 07 June 2016

Hampshire districts and unitaries have launched a review of local governance after the county cou...

Authorities left high and dry over flood funding support

By Sam Clayden | 07 June 2016

Whitehall is not giving local authorities the necessary support to prepare for or mitigate the im...

Sign-off 'too prohibitive' for combined authority LEPs

By Sam Clayden | 07 June 2016

Requiring sign-off from multiple local enterprise partnerships (LEP) before raising an infrastruc...

NHS chief: Five more years of bed blocking

By Sam Clayden | 07 June 2016

Rising pressures in adult social care could mean at least five more years of bed blocking, the ch...

Charities maintain push for homelessness reform

By Sam Clayden | 06 June 2016

Leading housing charities have banded together in a bid to persuade MPs to reform homelessness le...

Barnet chief: Election failure 'will not be repeated for referendum'

By Sam Clayden | 03 June 2016

Barnet LBC’s interim chief executive has assured residents there will not be a repeat of the coun...