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Another step towards combined Merseyside authority

By Jamie Hailstone | 11 September 2013

The leaders of all six local authorities in Merseyside met yesterday as plans for a combined auth...

Councils' key role in new NHS landscape

By Jamie Hailstone | 11 September 2013

Council scrutiny has a key role to play in the new NHS landscape, according to a new report by th...

Boris Johnson and Southwark divided over affordable housing

By Jamie Hailstone | 09 September 2013

Boris Johnson and the London borough of Southwark are at loggerheads over the issue of affordable...

Combined authority plans reach next stage

By Jamie Hailstone | 06 September 2013

Plans to create a combined authority across six local authorities will reach an important milesto...

Public health ring-fence extended

By Jamie Hailstone | 04 September 2013

Public health grants for local authorities will remain ring-fenced for a third year running, it h...

Councils backed to take on commissioning

By Jamie Hailstone | 04 September 2013

Councils should be given more control over health commissioning, according to a new report by thi...

End of line for busway dispute

By Jamie Hailstone | 04 September 2013

The long-running dispute between Cambridgeshire CC and BAM Nuttall over a guided busway project h...

Payment by results backed by LGA

By Jamie Hailstone | 04 September 2013

The Local Government Association (LGA) has said its members are ‘keen’ to look at social impact b...

'Defra's air pollution plans a fog'

By Jamie Hailstone | 04 September 2013

The London Assembly has criticised plans by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affair...

Living wage deal for Scottish council workers

By Jamie Hailstone | 02 September 2013

Scottish councils have agreed to match the living wage level as part of a new two-year deal for w...