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Concerns raised over care home residents' human rights

By Martin Ford | 21 May 2020

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has been asked to look into the treatment of people in c...

Watchdog urges faster improvement at Argyll and Bute

By Martin Ford | 21 May 2020

The council has been told it must ‘significantly increase’ the pace of improvement by the Account...

Asylum housing to be sourced outside of dispersal scheme

By Martin Ford | 31 March 2020

Asylum seekers could be housed in local authority areas that have not signed up to the dispersal ...

Local government pay summit to go ahead

By Martin Ford | 30 March 2020

Negotiators hope to keep local government pay discussions on track despite the difficulties posed...

Hancock writes to 'brilliant' care workers

By Martin Ford | 30 March 2020

Health secretary Matt Hancock has published a letter to care workers to thank them for ‘going the...

Manchester to create housing company

By Martin Ford | 27 March 2020

Manchester City Council is to create its own development company in a bid to meet ambitious housi...

Local government spends £3.8bn with strategic suppliers

By Martin Ford | 27 March 2020

The Government’s strategic suppliers received a quarter of their public sector income from local ...

Care sector unprepared for coronavirus 'struggle'

By Martin Ford | 27 March 2020

Emergency measures have not gone far enough to ready the social care sector for the impact of cor...

Ombudsman suspends cases

By Martin Ford | 26 March 2020

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has suspended all cases that require input from co...

Interim chief resigns over 'pre-determined' appointment process

By Martin Ford | 26 March 2020

Newport City Council’s interim chief executive has resigned after heavily criticising the process...