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Miliband: Labour will deliver new towns

By MJ Correspondent | 24 September 2013

Labour leader Ed Miliband will today launch a ‘road map’ for the construction of a wave of new to...

Social care under fire

By MJ Correspondent | 19 September 2013

Social services chiefs this week remained optimistic despite criticisms.

Home care service charges vary - research

By MJ Correspondent | 19 September 2013

Research has shown how councils are charging drastically different amounts to provide care servic...

Talks demand on education grant cut

By MJ Correspondent | 18 September 2013

Town hall chiefs want talks with Whitehall over the proposed £200m cut to the Education Services ...

Care cap funding could engulf councils

By MJ Correspondent | 18 September 2013

Councils could struggle to fully implement the Government’s capped social care cost reforms on ti...

Boles quizzed over s106 cash

By MJ Correspondent | 18 September 2013

The leader of the Independent Group on the LGA has defended councils accused of sitting on planni...

Pickles to intervene in Lancashire

By MJ Correspondent | 18 September 2013

Communities secretary Eric Pickles may have to intervene and nominate a designated independent pe...

Top slice may force council tax hike

By MJ Correspondent | 18 September 2013

Councils could be left with a funding black hole, a senior Local Government Association (LGA) fig...

Demand for talks over grant cut

By MJ Correspondent | 17 September 2013

The Local Government Association (LGA) wants talks with Whitehall over the proposed £200m cut to ...

Benn criticises Pickles over FOI

By MJ Correspondent | 16 September 2013

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has come under fire for its response t...