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DEVOLUTION

Parties draw battlelines for local elections

By Martin Ford | 28 March 2024

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has given a speech in Dudley today following campaign launches by ...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Mundell to join Moray as interim chief executive

By Martin Ford | 27 March 2024

Moray Council has announced John Mundell will take up the role of interim chief executive.

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Glasgow appoints chief executive

By Martin Ford | 27 March 2024

Susanne Millar has been appointed as Glasgow City Council’s chief executive.

PEOPLE

Oflog chair steps down

By Martin Ford | 26 March 2024

Lord Morse has announced he is stepping down as interim chair of the Office for Local Government ...

DEVOLUTION

Growth key to devolution ambitions

By Martin Ford | 26 March 2024

Nathan Yeowell told The MJ’s Future Forum that aligning devolution with the aims of fostering eco...

WHITEHALL

Councils 'struggling' to tackle cohesion threats

By Martin Ford | 25 March 2024

Councils are struggling to tackle threats to social cohesion due to a lack of support from centra...

COUNCIL TAX

Scottish councils in tax U-turn

By Martin Ford | 25 March 2024

Argyll and Bute and Inverclyde councils had both voted to raise tax in defiance of the Scottish G...

SOCIAL CARE

Care satisfaction hits all-time low

By Martin Ford | 25 March 2024

Public satisfaction with social care services has slumped to the lowest level ever recorded, acco...

WHITEHALL

Local government loses 'strongest advocate' Rowsell

By Martin Ford | 22 March 2024

Tributes have been paid across the local government sector following the sudden death of Paul Row...

DIGITAL

Future Forum: 'Future is bright' with AI

By Martin Ford | 21 March 2024

The sector has been urged to embrace Artificial Intelligence (AI) and reject ‘scaremongering’ at ...

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