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Council set to approve 'Canary Wharf of Birmingham'

By Thomas Bridge | 13 October 2015

Plans to create a £600m ‘Canary Wharf of Birmingham’ are due to be adopted by the city council ne...

Counties and districts unite to explore devolution options

By Thomas Bridge | 08 October 2015

County and district leaders are this morning meeting to jointly form a plan on how to address dev...

Only 'few' councils to win substantial fiscal devolution

By Thomas Bridge | 07 October 2015

Few councils are likely to gain significant financial powers under the Government’s devolution dr...

Slow staff recruitment 'costs councils £437m'

By Thomas Bridge | 07 October 2015

Inefficient council recruitment is costing hundreds of millions of pounds in lost productivity, a...

Slow council hiring costs £437m, finds report

By Thomas Bridge | 06 October 2015

Inefficient council recruitment is costing hundreds of millions of pounds in lost productivity, a...

Unions accept 2.5% pay rise offer from COSLA

By Thomas Bridge | 02 October 2015

A 2.5% pay rise will be awarded to Scottish local government staff after trade unions accepted a ...

Scotland explores greater island devolution

By Thomas Bridge | 01 October 2015

Greater powers could soon be devolved to councils on Scottish islands under new proposals put for...

Leader fears devolution failure

By Thomas Bridge | 30 September 2015

Doubts have been cast over the success of Hampshire’s devolution bid by a local district leader, ...

DCLG slammed over public land sell-off

By Thomas Bridge | 25 September 2015

MPs have blasted the ‘insulting’ Government approach to the disposal of public land for housing, ...

Council trials Britain's first monthly bin collection

By Thomas Bridge | 24 September 2015

A council has become the first in Britain to trial monthly bin collections, despite historic gove...