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HEALTH

'Bad health blackspots' hold back growth

By Martin Ford | 18 January 2024

Stark health inequalities are restricting economic growth, new research has found.

FINANCE

NAO issues wake-up call

By Martin Ford | 17 January 2024

The National Audit Office (NAO) chief’s warnings to Whitehall over governance are a wake-up call ...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

IMPOWER recruits former LGA chief

By Martin Ford | 17 January 2024

IMPOWER has announced the appointment of Mark Lloyd as an executive director.

FINANCE

Shadow minister backs Total Place return

By Martin Ford | 16 January 2024

Labour’s shadow local government minister has suggested a return to Total Place to tackle local g...

LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE

MPs criticise 'glacial' progress of levelling up projects

By Martin Ford | 16 January 2024

Mandarins from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) faced the Public ...

FINANCE

Money, money everywhere?

By Martin Ford | 15 January 2024

Councils’ reserves are not there to be guarded, says a local government minister. In straitened t...

FINANCE

Auditor's 'significant concerns' over Dudley finances

By Martin Ford | 15 January 2024

Dudley MBC has received a withering verdict on its finances from external auditor Grant Thornton ...

FINANCE

Audit reset to trigger slew of qualified and disclaimed opinions

By Martin Ford | 10 January 2024

The auditor general has warned of qualified and disclaimed audits being issued ahead of a reset t...

FINANCE

Somerset in capitalisation request amid 'financial emergency'

By Martin Ford | 10 January 2024

Somerset Council is to seek a capitalisation direction and permission to raise council tax by up ...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Edinburgh chief executive to retire

By Martin Ford | 10 January 2024

The chief executive of Edinburgh City Council has announced that he is to retire.

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