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Deadline day for reorganisation

By Martin Ford | 09 December 2020

Councils in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset face a nervous wait as the deadline passes for ...

Council drops COVID tier three legal challenge

By Martin Ford | 09 December 2020

Stratford-on-Avon DC said new information had come to light following a response from the Governm...

Minister cools on national infrastructure levy

By Martin Ford | 09 December 2020

Government proposals for a national infrastructure levy may be dropped, a minister has suggested.

MPs savage abandoned £192m housing scheme

By Martin Ford | 08 December 2020

A £192m affordable housing programme that failed to deliver any homes has been labelled ‘deplorab...

Lawyers brought in over Towns Fund row

By Martin Ford | 08 December 2020

Legal advisers have been summoned to break a deadlock between civil servants and MPs over a key d...

Opportunities missed prior to murder of child

By Martin Ford | 07 December 2020

Authorities missed opportunities to intervene before a teenager was murdered, an investigation ha...

Green light for COVID-19 vaccine in care homes

By Martin Ford | 07 December 2020

The Medicines And Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved a method of splitting...

Care home workers take vaccine priority over NHS

By Martin Ford | 04 December 2020

Care home workers have been given top priority in the COVID-19 vaccination programme following a ...

Bolton calls for powers to set deficit budgets

By Martin Ford | 04 December 2020

Councillors want to suspend the Local Government Finance Act 1992 for the duration of the COVID-1...

Council waits on Brexit funding

By Martin Ford | 04 December 2020

Funding is yet to secured for a building to handle new customs arrangements when the Brexit trans...