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Councils urged to review homelessness procedures

By William Eichler | 17 August 2017

Councils have been urged to ensure their homelessness procedures are ‘fit for purpose’ after faul...

Councils call for post-Brexit procurement reforms

By William Eichler | 17 August 2017

Council leaders have called on the Government to ‘simplify’ the current rules on how local author...

Government criticised over Right to Buy

By William Eichler | 28 June 2017

Council homes are being sold off almost three times faster than local authorities can replace the...

Council makes 'significant improvements'

By William Eichler | 01 June 2017

Inverclyde Council has made ‘significant improvements’ in its financial management and service de...

Council hits back amid strike action threat

By William Eichler | 31 May 2017

Refuse workers in Birmingham have started voting on strike action amid accusations of financial m...

'Honest approach' sees litter firm issue fewer fines

By William Eichler | 30 May 2017

A council-owned litter enforcement company has issued half as many fines than its predecessor bec...

Future social care workforce 'at risk'

By William Eichler | 18 May 2017

One in four social care staff are leaving the profession every year, a health charity has found.

Council care homes 'under cloud'

By William Eichler | 15 May 2017

Private care home residents are sustaining the publicly-funded sector which is struggling under a...

West Suffolk councils moot plans to create single authority

By William Eichler | 09 May 2017

Council leaders have put forward ‘ambitious’ proposals to create a single council for West Suffol...

Care crisis leaves 400,000 without care

By William Eichler | 08 May 2017

The ‘alarming’ funding gap in social care has resulted in at least 400,000 fewer people in Englan...