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WHITEHALL

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...

HUMAN RESOURCES

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...

ELECTIONS

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 ...

PLANNING

Bid to end housing targets blocked

By Martin Ford | 20 October 2022

An attempt to pass a law making house building targets advisory rather than mandatory has been bl...

FINANCE

No 'magic bullet' for budgets

By Martin Ford | 20 October 2022

The Local Government Association (LGA) has made the financial case for the sector ahead of antici...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Hart to consider joint chief executive model

By Martin Ford | 20 October 2022

Hart DC is to look at its joint chief executive leadership model with the departure of Patricia H...

ELECTIONS

Watchdog's warning over Elections Act

By Martin Ford | 19 October 2022

The Electoral Commission has argued plans to give ministers a say over its work could ‘get in the...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

East Suffolk set to appoint CEO

By Martin Ford | 19 October 2022

Chris Bally is set to be appointed as East Suffolk Council’s new chief executive.

ELECTIONS

Further headaches for elections staff

By Martin Ford | 19 October 2022

Concerns have been raised in the wake of speculation over rescheduled bank holidays to mark the c...

WHITEHALL

Levelling Up Fund timeframe slips

By Martin Ford | 19 October 2022

Secretary of state Simon Clarke promised an outcome by ‘the end of this year’.

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