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Council tax revaluation announced for Wales

By Mark Conrad | 11 July 2022

The Welsh Government has announced it will revalue all 1.5 million properties in the country unde...

Peers highlight lack of progress improving 'flawed' Act

By Mark Conrad | 11 July 2022

Little progress has been made in addressing the lack of coordination between the licensing and pl...

MPs urge Oldham to act after damning review

By Mark Conrad | 05 July 2022

MPs have urged Oldham MBC to act against current or former staff members who failed in their duty...

Liverpool to impose leader-cabinet model

By Mark Conrad | 05 July 2022

Liverpool City Council’s ruling Labour group is expected to ignore a consultation and impose a le...

Data breach fine threat lowered

By Mark Conrad | 05 July 2022

Councils are at lower risk of receiving fines for data breaches under reformed plans to regulate ...

New mayor promises to open Croydon's books

By Mark Conrad | 05 July 2022

Croydon LBC’s mayor has promised an ‘opening the books’ exercise after the borough revealed it mu...

Unpaid carers promised fresh support

By Mark Conrad | 05 July 2022

Councils were this week urged to bid for pilot cash from a £25m innovation fund to develop locali...

Talks held over debt concern

By Mark Conrad | 05 July 2022

Woking BC has held ‘positive and constructive’ talks with the Government amid ministerial concern...

Ministers promise radical reform after child deaths review

By Mark Conrad | 25 May 2022

Ministers have promised radical improvements to data sharing across children’s services after two...

Councils urged to draw on crisis management skills

By Mark Conrad | 24 May 2022

Scotland’s councils should draw on their COVID-19 experiences when handling the new challenges po...