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Metro mayors 'best for failing urban authorities'

By Jamie Hailstone | 06 April 2016

Former Conservative Party chairman Liam Fox has claimed metro mayors are for ‘failing urban autho...

Study sparks clash between councils

By Jamie Hailstone | 06 April 2016

The war of words between Oxfordshire CC and its districts shows no sign of abating after the loca...

£60m plans to join up Welsh integrated care services

By Jamie Hailstone | 06 April 2016

The Welsh Government has announced it plans to spend £60m over the next year to help join up heal...

Slough's help for new buyers

By Jamie Hailstone | 06 April 2016

Slough BC has announced plans to offer shared-ownership mortgages to residents trying to get on t...

Grave concerns over authorities' merger plans

By Jamie Hailstone | 06 April 2016

The new Welsh Secretary has spoken of his ‘grave reservations’ at plans to merge local authoritie...

Councils defend gagging orders

By Jamie Hailstone | 04 April 2016

Town halls have defended the use of ‘gagging orders’ after it was claimed more than 17,000 were s...

Government could close academy loophole

By Jamie Hailstone | 04 April 2016

Legal experts have warned the Government could resist attempts by councils to create their own ac...

Whitehall social care chief gets key Greater Manchester role

By Jamie Hailstone | 01 April 2016

The Government’s social care chief has been appointed to head up Greater Manchester’s new devolve...

Councils to make legal team mergers

By Jamie Hailstone | 01 April 2016

Kent CC has agreed to create a company for its legal services department as four other councils a...

Brexit is 'bad news for building'

By Jamie Hailstone | 01 April 2016

Housing minister Brandon Lewis has warned that Brexit would be catastrophic to the UK’s housing m...