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Michael Burton is editorial director of The MJ

Labour is examining the idea of a national social care tax to make all social care free at the po...

Business secretary warns SOLACE conference against simply handing existing revenue-raising power...

Last week the chancellor promised to create a budget surplus ‘for a rainy day.’ But, with latest...

New analysis of how local authorities tackle health inequalities has been completed.

Whitehall’s ‘closed shop’ over policy advice needs to be broken, a former Home Office minister ha...

It’s an unenviable job being a human resources manager for a local authority.

Derek Myers will join Shelter on 30 November as the new chairman of its board of trustees.

East Lindsey DC’s leader Cllr Doreen Stephenson has been re-appointed to the Local Government Ass...

Poole BC chief executive John McBride says he intends to step down next summer after 12 years in ...

Newcastle City Council has appointed a new director of investment and development to lead the cit...