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'No council tax to fix social care gap'

By Jamie Hailstone | 14 February 2017

The Welsh Government has ruled out using council tax to help plug the devolved nation’s social ca...

Council to move parks to trust

By Jamie Hailstone | 13 February 2017

Newcastle City Council has announced plans to transfer the management of its parks to a charitabl...

Legal action delay for Glasgow IT contract

By Jamie Hailstone | 08 February 2017

Work on Glasgow City Council’s potential new IT contract with CGI has been put on hold following ...

Contract's online discovery probed

By Jamie Hailstone | 08 February 2017

Gloucestershire CC has launched an investigation into how parts of a controversial £500m waste in...

Call for 'ability to pay' model

By Jamie Hailstone | 08 February 2017

Shadow local government minister Jim McMahon has called for a new model of council funding based ...

Authorities ditch LACC plans

By Jamie Hailstone | 08 February 2017

Two district councils in the South West are looking to drop plans to establish a company to deliv...

Capita's out as authorities join forces on IT

By Jamie Hailstone | 08 February 2017

Southwark LBC has announced plans to wind down its current IT contract with Capita and instead jo...

Districts back county reorganisation plan

By Jamie Hailstone | 06 February 2017

Two district councils have come out in support of Oxfordshire CC’s proposal for a countywide unit...

Labour proposes extra pub protection

By Jamie Hailstone | 06 February 2017

A shadow communities minister has called for a change in the law to protect vulnerable pubs.

Services still under threat, warn Scottish town hall bosses

By Jamie Hailstone | 03 February 2017

Council leaders have warned services could still be under threat, despite a last-minute announcem...