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Dover to 'review involvement' with forum after days of chaos

By Martin Ford | 06 April 2022

Dover DC is ‘reviewing its involvement’ with Kent Resilience Forum (KRF) following days of traffi...

Peer challenge criticises councillor infighting

By Martin Ford | 06 April 2022

Councillors at Windsor & Maidenhead BC are ‘showing the council in a poor light’ according to a c...

Gloucestershire improvement notice lifted

By Martin Ford | 05 April 2022

An improvement notice issued to Gloucestershire CC’s children’s services has been lifted.

New restrictions on use of capital receipts

By Martin Ford | 05 April 2022

Councils have been able to use funds from asset sales to cover revenue costs of projects that red...

Planning bill to be dropped

By Martin Ford | 04 April 2022

The Government is to scrap its long-awaited planning bill, it has been reported.

Councils paid out half COVID hospitality fund

By Martin Ford | 04 April 2022

Less than half of the grant funding available to prop up the hospitality industry following disru...

Councils to fund housing for homeless refugees

By Martin Ford | 01 April 2022

Local authorities will have to pick up the bill for accommodating homeless Ukrainian refugees fro...

West Sussex to retain control of children's services

By Martin Ford | 01 April 2022

The Department for Education had ordered the establishment of a company to run children’s service...

Section 106 agreements to be scrapped

By Martin Ford | 31 March 2022

Proposals for a standard Infrastructure Levy to replace the current system will be included in an...

Nine councils to receive £300m in SEND deficit deals

By Martin Ford | 31 March 2022

The authorities have reached agreements with the Government to wipe out their special educational...