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Wolverhampton to terminate Amey contract after 11 years

By Hiba Mahamadi | 21 March 2018

Wolverhampton City Council has decided to terminate its waste contract with Amey after 11 years a...

Engie to carry out remedial work for Newham

By Hiba Mahamadi | 20 March 2018

Newham LBC has appointed French energy and regeneration company Engie to carry out remedial work ...

Kier predicts steady stream of business from councils

By Hiba Mahamadi | 20 March 2018

Kier has predicted a steady stream of business from local authorities as devolution gains pace an...

Local government to be formally consulted after Brexit

By Hiba Mahamadi | 20 March 2018

Ministers this week assured local government the sector will be consulted on important issues aft...

Devolution is the answer to Brexit, mayors say

By Hiba Mahamadi | 19 March 2018

Devolving more powers to local government is the only way to manage the fallout of Brexit on the ...

Newcastle launches programme to tackle extremism

By Hiba Mahamadi | 16 March 2018

Newcastle City Council has launched a programme in collaboration with the police, schools and cha...

Government oversight of LEPs not good enough, MPs say

By Hiba Mahamadi | 16 March 2018

The Public Accounts Committee has stressed its lack of faith in the Government’s oversight of loc...

Don't scrap IROs, shadow minister warns

By Hiba Mahamadi | 15 March 2018

Scrapping independent reviewing officers could open the floodgates to child abuse, the shadow chi...

More money won't improve children's services, minister claims

By Hiba Mahamadi | 14 March 2018

The quality of children’s services has little to do with the amount of money spent on it, the chi...

Forget more for less, this is less for more

By Heather Jameson | 13 March 2018

So chancellor Philip Hammond is feeling ‘Tigger-like’.