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Councils offered solar panel investment

By MJ Correspondent | 17 July 2014

Local government will be offered the chance to secure investment in their communities by hosting ...

Health minister denies Better Care Fund split

By MJ Correspondent | 17 July 2014

Health minister Dan Poulter insisted his department was fully behind the BCF as he maintained the...

Bins in Bury to be emptied every three weeks

By MJ Correspondent | 17 July 2014

Bury MBC will become the first council in England to collect non-recyclable waste every three weeks.

New inquiry on health and social care integration

By MJ Correspondent | 17 July 2014

The future of integrated adult social care will be investigated in a new inquiry launched today b...

EXCLUSIVE: Tower Hamlets hits back at audit obstruction claims

By MJ Correspondent | 16 July 2014

The damaged relationship between besieged Tower Hamlets LBC and auditors sent in by Eric Pickles ...

Correlation between cuts and election results, study finds

By MJ Correspondent | 16 July 2014

Conservative losses at the 2014 local elections were concentrated in councils with higher cuts th...

Council could use bonds agency to finance housing company

By MJ Correspondent | 16 July 2014

A council that is creating a development company to build new homes could use the LGA’s municipal...

Rogers hits back after shake-up call

By MJ Correspondent | 16 July 2014

The chief executive of Birmingham City Council has hit back at Ofsted head Sir Michael Wilshaw.

Council complaints fall

By MJ Correspondent | 15 July 2014

The Local Government Association (LGA) has welcomed a fall in the number of complaints about coun...

CIV supremo appeals for collaboration

By MJ Correspondent | 04 July 2014

The man overseeing the launch of London Councils’ CIV has made an appeal for pension fund manager...