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Doncaster mayor welcomes talks with Michael Gove over children's services' future

By MJ Correspondent | 21 August 2013

The mayor of Doncaster has welcomed the prospect of talks with Education Secretary Michael Gove o...

Scots councils try to get tough on begging

By MJ Correspondent | 21 August 2013

Councils in Scotland could join forces in a bid to outlaw street begging.

Lancashire County Council in contract u-turn

By MJ Correspondent | 21 August 2013

The decision to controversially outsource a Lancashire CC contract has been reversed, as an inves...

Conflict of interest concerns over Doncaster care chief

By MJ Correspondent | 21 August 2013

Questions have been raised about whether the new central government-appointed commissioner for ch...

National social workers' head urges realism over failing child services

By MJ Correspondent | 21 August 2013

Under-fire councils ‘should not assume they have the right’ to provide children’s services, the B...

Councils could work together to crack down on empty homes

By MJ Correspondent | 21 August 2013

Councils serving different communities could work together to lobby the Government for a change i...

No timescale for local financial assessment, auditors admit

By MJ Correspondent | 21 August 2013

The National Audit Office (NAO) has admitted it has ‘no timescale’ for carrying out a comprehensi...

More than £2m efficiency savings made by Inverclyde Council

By MJ Correspondent | 21 August 2013

Inverclyde Council has reported a further £2.1m of efficiency savings.

LGA: Youngsters being failed by national job schemes

By MJ Correspondent | 19 August 2013

Young people are being failed by nationally-run job schemes designed to help them, the Local Gove...

Four director posts to be scrapped at Council of the Isles of Scilly

By MJ Correspondent | 16 August 2013

Four director-level posts will be scrapped at the Council of the Isles of Scilly as part of a res...