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Martin Ford

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Ealing seeks to close £15m budget gap

By Martin Ford | 26 October 2022

Demand for care services has left Ealing LBC grappling with a budget overspend of almost £15m.

Gove returns to front bench as levelling up secretary

By Martin Ford | 25 October 2022

Michael Gove has made a sensational return to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Commun...

Survey finds 90% of election officers 'little or not at all' prepared for voter ID

By Martin Ford | 25 October 2022

Almost 90% of elections officers say they are little or not at all prepared for rolling out voter...

Data focus for LRF innovation fund

By Martin Ford | 25 October 2022

Officials have published updated information on the Local Resilience Forum (LRF) Innovation Fund.

Standards chair challenges government

By Martin Ford | 25 October 2022

The Committee on Standards in Public Life (CSPL) has expressed disappointment over Government rej...

Improvement notice for Nottingham

By Martin Ford | 25 October 2022

An improvement notice has been handed to Nottingham City Council over its children’s services.

Dudley faces £13.5m overspend

By Martin Ford | 24 October 2022

Officers at Dudley MBC have been tasked with bridging a £13.5m budget gap

Pledge to end use of hotels as asylum accommodation

By Martin Ford | 24 October 2022

The Government has agreed to work with councils to end the use of hotels to accommodate asylum se...

MPs call for senior roles for planners

By Martin Ford | 21 October 2022

MPs have called for councils to be forced to have a planning officer on their senior leadership t...

MPs bemoan 'missed opportunity' to simplify elections

By Martin Ford | 21 October 2022

Elections laws are in ‘urgent need of rationalisation and simplification’, a select committee of ...