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Future Forum: Resource warning over assurance demands

By Martin Ford | 21 March 2024

The Local Government Association (LGA) warned the Government that ‘assurance takes resource’ at T...

Future Forum: Care integration in 'retreat'

By Martin Ford | 21 March 2024

The co-operation between local government and the NHS hoped for with the advent of Integrated Car...

Future Forum: 'Hope' for council tax overhaul

By Martin Ford | 20 March 2024

Labour could be presented with an opportunity to reform council tax if election polls are borne o...

Future Forum: Councils 'pivotal' to net zero

By Martin Ford | 20 March 2024

Local government has a ‘pivotal’ role to play in the journey to achieving net zero, The MJ Future...

Cyber attack disruption to last weeks

By Martin Ford | 18 March 2024

Leicester City Council expects disruption caused by a recent Cyber attack on the authority to con...

Former Cabinet minister laments lack of planning reform

By Martin Ford | 15 March 2024

A former housing secretary has said the Conservatives’ lack of action on planning to speed up hou...

Slough chief to stand down

By Martin Ford | 15 March 2024

Slough BC’s chief executive Stephen Brown is to stand down, the authority has announced.

London borough chief to stand down

By Martin Ford | 15 March 2024

John Hooton has announced his departure after eight years as chief executive of Barnet LBC.

Levelling up project delays 'astonishing'

By Martin Ford | 14 March 2024

Parliament’s spending watchdog has found ‘astonishing’ funding delays and blind optimism have blu...

Northumberland has 'further to go'

By Martin Ford | 13 March 2024

Northumberland CC has ‘further to go’ despite progress on its improvement journey, a report has f...