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Standards chair challenges government

By Martin Ford | 25 October 2022

The Committee on Standards in Public Life (CSPL) has expressed disappointment over Government rej...

OFSTED

Improvement notice for Nottingham

By Martin Ford | 25 October 2022

An improvement notice has been handed to Nottingham City Council over its children’s services.

FINANCE

Dudley faces £13.5m overspend

By Martin Ford | 24 October 2022

Officers at Dudley MBC have been tasked with bridging a £13.5m budget gap

WHITEHALL

Pledge to end use of hotels as asylum accommodation

By Martin Ford | 24 October 2022

The Government has agreed to work with councils to end the use of hotels to accommodate asylum se...

HUMAN RESOURCES

MPs call for senior roles for planners

By Martin Ford | 21 October 2022

MPs have called for councils to be forced to have a planning officer on their senior leadership t...

ELECTIONS

MPs bemoan 'missed opportunity' to simplify elections

By Martin Ford | 21 October 2022

Elections laws are in ‘urgent need of rationalisation and simplification’, a select committee of ...

PLANNING

Bid to end housing targets blocked

By Martin Ford | 20 October 2022

An attempt to pass a law making house building targets advisory rather than mandatory has been bl...

FINANCE

No 'magic bullet' for budgets

By Martin Ford | 20 October 2022

The Local Government Association (LGA) has made the financial case for the sector ahead of antici...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Hart to consider joint chief executive model

By Martin Ford | 20 October 2022

Hart DC is to look at its joint chief executive leadership model with the departure of Patricia H...

ELECTIONS

Watchdog's warning over Elections Act

By Martin Ford | 19 October 2022

The Electoral Commission has argued plans to give ministers a say over its work could ‘get in the...

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