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LGA in Right to Buy warning

By Mark Conrad | 11 June 2018

Councils’ ability to replace homes sold under Right to Buy (RTB) will be effectively eliminated w...

Local input key to new-look counter terrorism strategies

By Mark Conrad | 05 June 2018

Putting councils at the centre of counter-terror strategies could allay community fears they are ...

Javid to give councils access to intelligence files

By Mark Conrad | 04 June 2018

Councils will be given access to a more intelligence and police files under Home Office plans to ...

EXCLUSIVE: Councils take key Prevent strategy role

By Dan Peters | 30 May 2018

Councils have been handed administrative control of the controversial Prevent counter-terror stra...

Brokenshire dodges Right to Buy question

By Mark Conrad | 29 May 2018

Housing secretary James Brokenshire has refused to disclose how much councils have been required ...

Council warning after schools cash injection

By Mark Conrad | 29 May 2018

Councils have warned that a £50m investment to create state-of-the-art school places for pupils w...

Auditor attacks Northamptonshire reporting

By Dan Peters | 25 May 2018

Financial reporting at Northamptonshire CC was too ‘vague’ and lacked crucial detail prior to the...

LGA in homes warning

By Mark Conrad | 25 May 2018

Up to 165,000 homes could be built without council support if the Government ploughs ahead with c...

Decisions, decisions

By Mark Conrad | 22 May 2018

Mark Conrad reports from a recent round table tackling the issue of effective decision-making in ...

Standards split between officers and councillors

By Mark Conrad | 22 May 2018

Councillors and officers are divided over the future of the standards regime, with politicians ba...