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Call for council to publish legal report into chief's 'political' tweet

By Chris Mahony | 20 June 2022

Opposition Conservative councillors have called on Tameside MBC to publish a top lawyer’s report ...

Levelling up 'biased towards larger towns and cities'

By Chris Mahony | 20 June 2022

Rural areas risk losing out on the Government’s levelling up initiative because the programme’s m...

Former mayor takes Tower Hamlets after elections ban

By Chris Mahony | 06 May 2022

Lutfur Rahman, has won the Tower Hamlets LBC mayoralty six years after an electoral commissioner ...

EXCLUSIVE: Councils warned to budget for 4% pay increase

By Mark Whitehead | 03 May 2022

Councils have been warned by local government employers to budget for pay rises of at least 4% th...

Government urged to overhaul public health laws

By Chris Mahony | 03 May 2022

Public health leaders have the Government to overhaul legislation as the UK Health Security Agenc...

Scottish census extended amid low completion rate

By Chris Mahony | 03 May 2022

The Scottish Government has extended the deadline for census returns by four weeks in a bid to bo...

UK comes under pressure to adopt rights charter

By Dan Peters | 26 April 2022

Local leaders will continue to be ‘heavily constrained’ until the UK follows through on its promi...

Minister wades into flexible working debate

By Chris Mahony | 19 April 2022

Civil servants have been told to get back to the office even as local government increasingly mov...

EXCLUSIVE: Council sacked director over 'vexatious and malicious' police report

By Chris Mahony | 19 April 2022

Thanet DC sacked its director of corporate governance and monitoring officer after he submitted ‘...

Funding decision signals 'waning influence' of LEPs

By Chris Mahony | 12 April 2022

The Government’s decision to slash funding for growth hubs and local enterprise partnerships (LEP...