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Home Office admits 'more we can and need to do'

By Martin Ford | 30 November 2023

More needs to be done to share data and improve communications with councils, Home Office mandari...

East Dunbartonshire appoints new chief executive

By Martin Ford | 30 November 2023

Ann Davie joined the council 17 years ago as head of HR and organisational development before bei...

'Critical' to maintain progress, Dundee told

By Martin Ford | 30 November 2023

A finance watchdog has said Dundee City Council is ‘well-run’ but ‘long-standing difficulties rem...

Nottingham issues s114 notice

By Martin Ford | 29 November 2023

Nottingham City Council has issued a section 114 notice after failing to deliver a balanced budge...

Surge in costly care placements

By Martin Ford | 29 November 2023

The number of children’s care placements costing £10,000 or more per week has soared by more than...

North Northamptonshire announces new chief executive

By Martin Ford | 29 November 2023

North Northamptonshire Council has appointed Adele Wylie as its new chief executive.

Council reprimanded after suffering Cyber attack

By Martin Ford | 28 November 2023

Gloucester City Council has pledged lessons will be learnt following a reprimand from a data watc...

London borough applies for capitalisation direction

By Martin Ford | 27 November 2023

Havering LBC is to apply for a capitalisation direction as it bids to avoid issuing a section 114...

Rotheram threatened over Covid restrictions

By Martin Ford | 27 November 2023

Liverpool City Region mayor Steve Rotheram was assigned 24-hour police security after he received...

Mayor failed to intervene following bullying

By Martin Ford | 27 November 2023

Details have emerged of a bullying probe at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority th...