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EXCLUSIVE: Brum loses control of £1bn project as costs double

By Martin Ford | 11 September 2018

Birmingham City Council has been forced to hand over control of its £1bn city centre regeneration...

Calls to abandon 'costly, undemocratic' voter ID trials

By Martin Ford | 11 September 2018

Introducing voter ID requirements in elections is the wrong solution for the wrong issue, a repor...

London calls for halt to Universal Credit rollout

By Martin Ford | 10 September 2018

Pressure is mounting to halt the rollout of Universal Credit (UC).

Sutton chief to join Hounslow

By Martin Ford | 10 September 2018

The chief executive of Sutton LBC is to swap boroughs.

Land value tax 'would benefit councils'

By Martin Ford | 07 September 2018

Replacing business rates with a land value tax could yield benefits for councils, a report has cl...

Lords clash over voter ID trials

By Martin Ford | 07 September 2018

The House of Lords joined the debate over voter ID trials this week, amid claims local government...

Councils suffer disruption as recycling provider collapses

By Martin Ford | 06 September 2018

‘Emergency measures’ have been put in place following the collapse of a social enterprise providi...

Police commissioner suspends fire service takeover

By Martin Ford | 06 September 2018

Hertfordshire’s police and crime commissioner has halted his proposed takeover of the county’s fi...

Windsor & Maidenhead chief Alison Alexander set to leave

By Martin Ford | 05 September 2018

The MJ reports on this week's latest personnel moves.

Housing minister defends planning changes

By Martin Ford | 05 September 2018

Housing minister Kit Malthouse has asked for time for new policies to ‘bed in’ as he was quizzed ...