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Brum to implement bin strike deal

By Mark Conrad | 17 September 2018

Beleaguered Birmingham City Council is finally expected to implement the deal that ended an acrim...

Fresh calls for Right to Buy suspension

By Mark Conrad | 13 September 2018

A housing body has renewed calls for ministers to suspend the Right to Buy (RTB) programme amid f...

Tackling the threat of terror together

By Mark Conrad | 11 September 2018

Mark Conrad recently attended Prevent Strategy Channel Panel training and witnessed the wide rang...

Council leader faces opposition to chief executive choice

By Mark Conrad | 11 September 2018

Lancashire CC’s leader is seeking to push through his preferred candidate for chief executive in ...

Unions in Brexit funding plea

By Mark Conrad | 11 September 2018

Councils should not bear the financial burden of registering 120,000 children who qualify for UK ...

Frontline staff 'still wary of Prevent'

By Mark Conrad | 11 September 2018

Frontline local authority staff are still wary of Prevent strategy training amid fears they could...

COSLA backs school libraries plan

By Mark Conrad | 10 September 2018

The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) has endorsed a new school libraries strategy.

Councillors welcome delay to Labour democracy review

By Mark Conrad | 10 September 2018

Councillors have welcomed a Labour Party decision to postpone the local government side of its de...

Councils urged to clamp down on radical speakers

By Mark Conrad | 06 September 2018

Councils will be expected to ensure venues and resources they own do not provide a platform for e...

Auditors warn councils over debt chasing

By Mark Conrad | 06 September 2018

Funding pressures in local government could mean councils are pursuing debt repayments ‘too quick...