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PLANNING

Brokenshire announces Accelerated Housing Green Paper

By Martin Ford | 18 March 2019

A Green Paper aiming to speed up the planning process will be published later this year, communit...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Dudley chief to join Barnsley

By Martin Ford | 18 March 2019

Sarah Norman is poised to become the new chief executive at Barnsley MBC.

EDUCATION

Surrey parents lose SEND budget legal battle

By Martin Ford | 18 March 2019

Surrey CC has fended off a legal challenge to its budget for children with special educational ne...

BUSINESS

Government shirks Brexit procurement overhaul

By Martin Ford | 15 March 2019

Hopes for an overhaul of procurement rules after Brexit appear to have been dashed.

FINANCE

Birmingham bin dispute cost council £6m

By Martin Ford | 15 March 2019

Birmingham City Council has settled an industrial dispute with refuse workers that has cost the a...

BUSINESS

Outsourcing giant Interserve to go into administration

By Martin Ford | 15 March 2019

One of the public sector’s biggest outsourcing companies, Interserve, will enter administration.

SOCIAL CARE

DToC figures due to social care on the rise

By Martin Ford | 14 March 2019

Winter pressures have been blamed for a rise in the number of delayed transfers of care (DToC) du...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Councils agree 'zero tolerance' of abuse and assaults on staff

By Martin Ford | 14 March 2019

Workers for a major council outsourcing company have suffered 350 incidents of physical assault, ...

PLANNING

Housing minister urges councils to revive HRA building

By Martin Ford | 13 March 2019

Minister Kit Malthouse has expressed a preference for building new homes using Housing Revenue Ac...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

New burdens funding to be reviewed

By Martin Ford | 12 March 2019

Hopes of increased funding for new burdens have been raised by ministers.

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