Articles by MJ Correspondent
Homeless advice issued for London boroughs
By MJ Correspondent | 23 January 2014
New advice has been issued to London boroughs in a bid to ensure rents are not inflated by moving...
Pickles asked to investigate chief executive's absence
By MJ Correspondent | 22 January 2014
Eric Pickles could be dragged into the mystery surrounding the absence of Somerset CC's chief exe...
Pickles: Garden cities will not be foisted on councils
By MJ Correspondent | 22 January 2014
Communities secretary Eric Pickles has insisted that new cities will not be imposed on councils t...
Two out of five councils considering Living Wage adoption
By MJ Correspondent | 22 January 2014
Two out of five councils are considering adopting the Living Wage, research by trade union Unison...
Liverpool councillors call for UN to intervene over budget cuts
By MJ Correspondent | 22 January 2014
Liverpool City Council’s chief executive has been asked to call on the United Nations (UN) to inv...
Lewis hints at variable council tax referendum threshold
By MJ Correspondent | 22 January 2014
Local government minister Brandon Lewis has given his biggest hint yet that there will not be a s...
LGA considers backing local public accounts committees
By MJ Correspondent | 22 January 2014
The Local Government Association (LGA) is considering backing the creation of local public accoun...
Calls for politics to be removed from local government finance
By MJ Correspondent | 22 January 2014
The Government is facing mounting calls to take politics out of local government finance.
Cuts force councils to use New Homes Bonus to 'prop up services'
By MJ Correspondent | 22 January 2014
Government cuts to council funding are forcing local authorities to use money from the NHB to ‘pr...
London Councils hit out at cash 'double whammy'
By MJ Correspondent | 17 January 2014
London is facing the ‘double whammy’ of disproportionately high funding cuts and dramatic increas...
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