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Senior Knowsley councillors support combined Liverpool city region authority

By MJ Correspondent | 16 August 2013

Senior councillors at Knowsley MBC have backed plans for a combined authority across the Liverpoo...

Demand for Goverment to review Wolverhampton funding allocation

By MJ Correspondent | 14 August 2013

The Government needs to take the blame for the £86m budget gap being faced by Wolverhampton City ...

Pooled budget will aid social care collaboration

By MJ Correspondent | 14 August 2013

A vision of how English councils will work together with the NHS to spend £3.8bn of Government fu...

Councils clamp down on tax fraud

By MJ Correspondent | 14 August 2013

Six councils are joining forces in an attempt to clamp down on people wrongly claiming a discount...

Authorities slam league table approach

By MJ Correspondent | 14 August 2013

Councils named and shamed by the Government over the speed of planning decisions have hit back at...

Councils to fight London fire cuts

By MJ Correspondent | 14 August 2013

Up to seven councils could take the fight against London mayor Boris Johnson’s proposed fire serv...

Investigation into care home where council intervened

By MJ Correspondent | 14 August 2013

A care home where a concerned council intervened is at the centre of a police investigation.

Step towards combined corporate service for neighbours

By MJ Correspondent | 12 August 2013

The first step towards creating a combined corporate service for two neighbouring councils has be...

'Misleading' national spending figures slammed by North East councils

By MJ Correspondent | 08 August 2013

Councils in the North East of England have poured cold water on official figures that suggested s...

District council 'hopeful' it can avoid CPO against town authority

By MJ Correspondent | 08 August 2013

A district council in dispute with one of its town authorities is ‘hopeful’ it can avoid using a ...