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Lancashire CC to write off £500,000 after failed joint venture

By Sam Clayden | 02 June 2016

Lancashire CC has confirmed it will write off £500,000 after a joint venture it invested in folded.

Devo 'punch up' warning

By Sam Clayden | 02 June 2016

Counties chief calls on government to launch independent Royal Commission to avert two-tier row.

Health integration is 'too focused on finance'

By Sam Clayden | 02 June 2016

Health and social care integration plans will ‘gather dust’ if the local element is neglected, ac...

Council scuppers pan-Hampshire unitary hopes

By Sam Clayden | 02 June 2016

Basingstoke & Deane BC has voted against proposals to form a single pan-Hampshire unitary and wil...

European powerhouses '40% more productive than the North'

By Sam Clayden | 01 June 2016

The Northern Powerhouse will only succeed if focus is concentrated on boosting productivity in un...

Coventry leading on Syrian refugee resettlement

By Sam Clayden | 27 May 2016

Coventry City Council has supported more Syrian refugees than any other local authority since the...

Wharton: Cuts do not undermine devolution

By Sam Clayden | 25 May 2016

Funding cuts to local government do not undermine the economic direction of devolution, Northern ...

Whitehall may stump up for rate appeals

By Sam Clayden | 25 May 2016

Whitehall could be prepared to compensate local authorities for the increased risk of appeals aft...

Chiefs fear fiscal meltdown ahead

By Sam Clayden | 25 May 2016

Chief executives have predicted a bleak future for local government, with more than half (56%) fe...

A bright idea

By Sam Clayden | 25 May 2016

As key sector players met at The MJ’s Future Forum, Knauf Insulation and Current powered by GE ho...