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Emily Twinch

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Sector calls for data and evidence to drive fair funding

By Emily Twinch | 19 February 2025

The Government should use the best available evidence and most up-to-date data to calculate local...

Hillingdon: Slough merger 'unsubstantiated'

By Paul Marinko | 18 February 2025

Hillingdon LBC has slammed as ‘unsubstantiated’ a proposal by neighbouring Slough to consider mer...

'Significant weaknesses' at Cumberland and Dorset

By Emily Twinch | 17 February 2025

Cumberland and Dorset councils have both being found to have ‘significant weaknesses’ by auditors...

Call for more guidance to tackle rough sleeping

By Emily Twinch | 14 February 2025

Councils need more guidance to help them turn the tide of rising levels of rough-sleeping, mainly...

IPPR calls for stronger planning departments

By Emily Twinch | 14 February 2025

Government should beef up planning departments to achieve its 1.5 million new homes target, a thi...

Peer warning over councillor financial understanding

By Emily Twinch | 03 February 2025

Not all 39 councillors at a Nottinghamshire council are fully getting to grips with the financial...

Cantle: Councils should focus on community cohesion

By Emily Twinch | 30 January 2025

Councils should be left to concentrate on community cohesion with the Prevent radicalisation prog...

HMRC does not know how much National Insurance it collects from councils

By Emily Twinch | 29 January 2025

HMRC has said it does not hold data on employers National Insurance Contribution (NIC) payments r...

DCN: Triple drainage board funding

By Emily Twinch | 29 January 2025

Umbrella-body the District Councils’ Network (DCN) has called on the Government to increase its f...

'Challenging future' for Scottish councils

By Emily Twinch | 28 January 2025

Local authorities in Scotland dug into savings to close a budget gap of £759m last financial year...