Articles by MJ reporter
Lords want needs-based funding for devolution
By MJ reporter | 01 July 2015
Labour Lords have called for devolution to be accompanied by needs-based funding and multi-year f...
Get ready for £9.5bn funding gap in 2020 warns LGA
By MJ reporter | 01 July 2015
Councils could be facing a funding gap of £9.5bn by the end of the next Parliament, the Local Gov...
DCLG criticised over public land sale data
By MJ reporter | 24 June 2015
The National Audit Office has criticised the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCL...
Pickup sets sights on fair funding
By MJ reporter | 24 June 2015
The Local Government Association’s (LGA) new deputy chief executive, Sarah Pickup, has called for...
Meeting called to quell issues over health service funding
By MJ reporter | 09 June 2015
The leader of Plymouth City Council has called for a meeting with the chief executive of NHS Engl...
New rules could leave councils paying carers' pensions
By MJ reporter | 09 June 2015
Local authorities could end up footing the bill for carers’ pensions, under new guidelines, which...
Scots authorities spend £3m to lessen bedroom tax impact
By MJ reporter | 03 June 2015
Local authorities in Scotland have spent £3m more than originally predicted last year to mitigate...
Devolution of skills training 'will be a struggle'
By MJ reporter | 03 June 2015
Ministers will struggle to deliver three million apprenticeships unless they devolve new powers o...
Councils pledge to work to tap into region's potential
By MJ reporter | 03 June 2015
Hull City Council and the East Riding of Yorkshire Council have promised to work more closely tog...
Applicants sought for LGA top role
By MJ reporter | 03 June 2015
One of local government’s most influential roles – chief executive of the Local Government Associ...
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