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HOUSING

Doubt over New Homes Bonus payments

By Martin Ford | 29 January 2019

A minister has refused to guarantee that £500m of New Homes Bonus payments due to councils will b...

FINANCE

DCN chairman calls for end to 'public rows'

By Martin Ford | 29 January 2019

District councils have been warned against engaging in ‘bust ups in the press’ over the fair fund...

FINANCE

Scottish budget defeat looms

By Martin Ford | 28 January 2019

The Scottish National Party is facing defeat over its budget this week after a row over local gov...

LEGAL

Liverpool housing plans killed by legal challenge

By Martin Ford | 28 January 2019

A deal between Liverpool City Council and Redrow Homes to build luxury properties on the fringes ...

SOCIAL CARE

CQC appoints new adult care chief

By Martin Ford | 28 January 2019

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has appointed Kate Terroni as chief inspector of adult social c...

FINANCE

Fraudster took £1m from Westminster pension fund

By Martin Ford | 25 January 2019

A council worker who defrauded a pension fund for more than £1m has today been sentenced to seven...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Lord Patten questions council officers' training

By Martin Ford | 25 January 2019

Veteran business leaders should be brought in to manage councils, a Tory grandee has suggested.

FINANCE

Lords warn services face 'evisceration' without radical change

By Martin Ford | 25 January 2019

Lords have warned ministers of the ‘evisceration’ of local government unless funding is overhauled.

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Tees Valley votes for £40m airport deal

By Martin Ford | 24 January 2019

Tees Valley Combined Authority has given the green light to take a local airport back into public...

HIGHWAYS

Wandsworth faces insourcing demand by striking workers

By Martin Ford | 24 January 2019

Workers have demanded parking enforcement at Wandsworth LBC be brought in-house as four days of i...

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