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Pocklington to leave DLUHC amid Whitehall changes

By Mark Conrad | 07 February 2023

Permanent secretary Jeremy Pocklington will leave the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Co...

Anti-social behaviour should be top priority, says report

By Mark Conrad | 07 February 2023

Tackling anti-social behaviour must become a central tenet of levelling up if the agenda is to su...

Lib Dems propose social care pay increase

By Mark Conrad | 06 February 2023

Almost a million frontline social care workers would receive significant pay rises under Lib Dem ...

Khan: Levelling up is unmitigated disaster

By Mark Conrad | 31 January 2023

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has attacked the Government’s levelling up agenda as an ‘unmitigated disa...

Chiefs match main unions' pay claim

By Mark Conrad | 31 January 2023

Senior council officers this week joined frontline trade unions in submitting an above-inflation ...

Whitehall urged to engage more with towns and parishes

By Mark Conrad | 31 January 2023

Parish councils and principal authorities should agree a ‘duty to consult’ across tiers of local ...

Thurrock expecting Government bailout

By Mark Conrad | 30 January 2023

Troubled Thurrock Council is expecting £182.5m in Government support to keep key services going w...

FRC to develop local audit workforce strategy

By Dan Peters | 25 January 2023

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is to develop a local audit workforce strategy this year as...

Gove scales up Thurrock intervention

By Mark Conrad | 24 January 2023

Local government secretary Michael Gove has effectively ordered a full intervention of Thurrock C...

Pocklington concern over cladding removal pace

By Mark Conrad | 23 January 2023

Fewer than half of remaining tower blocks with the most dangerous cladding have start dates for r...