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'Half-baked' Housing Bill to become law

By Sam Clayden | 12 May 2016

The controversial Housing and Planning Bill will become law after peers finally gave up their fight.

Time running out as lords deal further Housing Bill blow

By Sam Clayden | 11 May 2016

Peers have dealt a further blow to the Government’s Housing and Planning Bill as the Parliamentar...

Authorities must fund social care training

By Sam Clayden | 11 May 2016

Local authorities must fund the development of social care professionals, according to the Govern...

Calls growing for urgent resettlement of vulnerable kids

By Sam Clayden | 11 May 2016

Whitehall should fast-track the resettlement of at least 300 of the most vulnerable children seek...

Hampshire divided over devolution deals

By Sam Clayden | 11 May 2016

Fractured relationships across Hampshire could worsen further after it emerged a third devolution...

Outstanding schools 'still at risk' of forced academisation

By Sam Clayden | 10 May 2016

High-performing local authority schools could still be pushed into academisation despite the educ...

New Local Partnerships chief announced

By Sam Clayden | 09 May 2016

A Serco director has been named chief executive of Local Partnerships, the organisation jointly o...

Sadiq wins London mayoral race

By Sam Clayden | 09 May 2016

Labour’s Sadiq Khan has won the London mayoral race.

Whitehall backtracks on forced academisation

By Sam Clayden | 06 May 2016

Nicky Morgan has U-turned on plans to force all schools in the country to convert to academies af...

Labour councillor re-elected after 'bundle of votes' found under Tory pile

By Sam Clayden | 06 May 2016

A Labour councillor in Oxfordshire has been re-elected after initially believing he had been beaten.