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PREVENT

Government seeks Prevent programme 'answers' after Southport attack

By Martin Ford | 21 January 2025

Reforms to the Prevent programme are to be unveiled this week ahead of a public inquiry looking a...

PEOPLE

Essex announces chief executive

By Martin Ford | 20 January 2025

Essex CC has announced Nicole Wood will become the council's next chief executive.

REORGANISATION

Minister rejects 'diktat' accusation

By Martin Ford | 20 January 2025

Local government minister Jim McMahon has rebuffed accusations that reorganisation amounts to a ‘...

CULTURE

Putting culture at Durham's core

By Martin Ford | 17 January 2025

While cuts to cultural services have become the norm across local government, Durham Council has ...

EMERGENCY PLANNING

Councils to take part in national pandemic exercise

By Martin Ford | 17 January 2025

Local authorities will take part in the UK’s largest-ever pandemic exercise later this year.

CHILD ABUSE

Questions over grooming inquiries' legal backing

By Martin Ford | 17 January 2025

Concern has been raised over the legal backing for local inquiries into child sexual exploitation.

PEOPLE

Redditch and Bromsgrove to vote on chief executive

By Martin Ford | 16 January 2025

John Leach is set to become joint chief executive at Redditch BC and Bromsgrove DC.

DEVOLUTION

Councils at loggerheads over devolution proposals

By Martin Ford | 15 January 2025

The Government is preparing to make crunch decisions as it is confronted with devolution proposal...

FINANCE

Chiefs expecting pressure to spend ahead of reorganisation

By Martin Ford | 14 January 2025

Council chiefs expect to come under intense pressure from leaders to sanction questionable spendi...

PEOPLE

Rotherham chief executive announces departure

By Martin Ford | 13 January 2025

Rotherham MBC’s chief executive Sharon Kemp, has announced that she is to step down.

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