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CLIMATE CHANGE

Government must engage with councils on climate action

By Martin Ford | 29 October 2021

MPs have called for the Government to ‘immediately’ begin working with councils on setting out th...

COMMERCIALISM

Council to close ethical debt collection firm

By Martin Ford | 28 October 2021

Hammersmith and Fulham LBC is to close its ethical debt collection company after failing to garne...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Lords voice concerns over care levy

By Martin Ford | 28 October 2021

Peers have pressed the Government on how much of the health and social care levy will reach the f...

FINANCE

Budget 2021: Chancellor unveils Shared Prosperity Fund

By Martin Ford | 27 October 2021

The chancellor Rishi Sunak has revealed the first details of the long-awaited UK Shared Prosperit...

FINANCE

Budget 2021: social care 'left out in cold'

By Martin Ford | 27 October 2021

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak is facing accusations he has left social care ‘out in the cold’ follow...

FINANCE

CIPFA raises concerns over council company

By Martin Ford | 27 October 2021

Sutton LBC has been told it will have to invest more money into a troubled low-carbon energy proj...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Care plan fails to address councils' concerns, MPs told

By Martin Ford | 26 October 2021

MPs have been told the Government’s blueprint for social care will not solve councils’ funding cr...

FINANCE

Council energy firms lose £100m

By Martin Ford | 25 October 2021

Council-owned energy firms have lost £114m over four years, according to new analysis.

LEGAL

Cumbria begins reorganisation legal challenge

By Martin Ford | 25 October 2021

Cumbria CC has begun its legal action against local government reorganisation in the county.

FINANCE

District expectations tempered for Spending Review

By Martin Ford | 21 October 2021

The District Councils’ Network annual conference has heard reforms to local government finance ar...

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