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Wirral chief executive to retire

By Jamie Hailstone | 10 October 2014

The chief executive of Wirral MBC, Graham Burgess, has announced he will retire at the end of the...

Clegg calls for garden cities tax cuts

By Jamie Hailstone | 04 August 2014

Nick Clegg has called for homeowners to be compensated with council tax cuts if new garden cities...

Coastal towns to get government cash

By Jamie Hailstone | 01 August 2014

Ministers have announced additional funding for 10 coastal towns to help with essential repairs a...

Councils hit out at planning reforms

By Jamie Hailstone | 01 August 2014

The LGA has warned that government reforms to the planning system will not help high streets plag...

'No' to Hertfordshire waste scheme

By Jamie Hailstone | 01 August 2014

The UK arm of international waste company Veolia has accused the Government of favouring James Bo...

Green light for Royal Albert Docks redevelopment

By Jamie Hailstone | 01 August 2014

Newham LBC has given the green light for the £1bn redevelopment of the historic Royal Albert Docks.

Lord Adonis starts on tri-borough review

By Jamie Hailstone | 01 August 2014

Former Labour transport secretary Lord Adonis is to lead a review into London’s tri-borough partn...

Arts funding plunges by 20%

By Jamie Hailstone | 01 August 2014

A report published by NLGN urges councils to find new ways of championing the arts and culture, a...

ERG 'must improve savings'

By Jamie Hailstone | 01 August 2014

The Government’s efficiency taskforce needs to improve some of its processes behind how it calcul...

Councils to lose radioactive waste veto

By Jamie Hailstone | 29 July 2014

Councils could lose the power to veto nuclear waste being stored in their area, according to new ...