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Glasgow's £400m City Deal plans take shape

By Jamie Hailstone | 09 June 2015

City Deal regeneration plans in Scotland are taking shape after Glasgow City Council outlined pro...

Clark 'to clarify plans' for urban devo deals

By Jamie Hailstone | 09 June 2015

Greg Clark has been asked to clarify what the Government plans to offer urban communities for pos...

Minister: Mayoral referendums should not be held

By Dan Peters | 09 June 2015

Referendums should not be held over whether to have directly elected mayors, local government min...

Council trading firms expected to grow by 2020

By Jamie Hailstone | 03 June 2015

The number of local authority trading companies (LATCs) is set to grow over the next five years, ...

Council drops Norse Group deal

By Jamie Hailstone | 03 June 2015

Middlesbrough Council’s new directly-elected mayor has dropped plans to transfer a new number of ...

Inter-county waste deal gets four-year extension

By Jamie Hailstone | 03 June 2015

An inter-county deal, which sees some of Norfolk’s waste dealt with at Suffolk CC’s new energy-fr...

Fears over social care 'collapse'

By Jamie Hailstone | 03 June 2015

ADASS budget survey confirms major concerns over lack of health and social care funds.

Clark calls on councils to sell off land

By Jamie Hailstone | 01 June 2015

Communities secretary Greg Clark has called on councils to get rid of surplus land in order to bo...

Groups call for action on mental health

By Jamie Hailstone | 29 May 2015

Six of England’s leading care organisations have called on the Government to make mental health a...

County chief executive to step down

By Jamie Hailstone | 29 May 2015

Hampshire CC’s chief executive, Andrew Smith, has announced he will stand down later this year.