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Healthy new towns announced

By MJ reporter | 01 March 2016

The locations of 10 ‘healthy new towns’ that will ‘test creative solutions for the health and car...

Nottingham bids to become UK's most China-friendly city

By MJ reporter | 29 February 2016

Nottingham has signed a five-year deal with Ningbo in its bid to become the UK’s ‘most China-frie...

Council forms partnership to protect jobs

By MJ reporter | 26 February 2016

Scotland’s biggest council has secured a £2.7bn partnership that will protect jobs for the next 3...

Councils need to 'make it easy' to complain

By MJ reporter | 26 February 2016

The Local Government Ombudsman has said councils need to make it easy to raise concerns after a s...

Authorities left to clarify wording of council tax bills

By MJ reporter | 23 February 2016

Concerns have been expressed that the presentation of the adult social care precept on council ta...

LGA hits back at 'unfair' council tax claim

By MJ reporter | 12 February 2016

Local authorities are justified in using council tax to expedite the delivery of new homes on to ...

Cameron tells council to cut back office

By MJ reporter | 10 February 2016

Prime minister David Cameron has told Oxfordshire CC to make back office savings instead of closi...

Committee mulling over 100% business rates retention plans

By MJ reporter | 03 February 2016

Local government finance experts have briefed MPs on the potential impact of proposals to allow c...

Districts call for expansion of social care precept

By MJ reporter | 26 January 2016

District councils should be allowed to charge a ‘prevention precept’ to help them get to the root...

Business leaders want councils to have more powers

By MJ reporter | 17 November 2015

Business owners have backed plans to give councils more powers, despite many of them saying they ...