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Labour in 'monumental effort' to boost northern productivity

By Mark Conrad | 23 April 2018

Labour’s shadow Treasury team has announced it will fund a ‘monumental effort’ to boost productiv...

Fitzgerald loses court battle to review arrest

By Mark Conrad | 18 April 2018

Liverpool City Council’s chief executive, Ged Fitzgerald, has lost a legal attempt to judicial re...

Chief sought answers from building society over fraud

By Mark Conrad | 18 April 2018

Dundee City Council’s chief executive sought assurances over anti-money laundering practices from...

Councils implored to tear down 'wall of deniability'

By Mark Conrad | 17 April 2018

Council leaders and senior politicians in Rochdale must stop ‘dumping’ on hard-pressed officers a...

Windrush row could swing key council votes

By Mark Conrad | 16 April 2018

Whitehall’s mistreatment of the Windrush generation could swing key council votes in areas with l...

Corbyn backs One Yorkshire devolution

By Mark Conrad | 16 April 2018

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has thrown his weight behind a devolution deal covering the whole of ...

Top team support demand rising

By Mark Conrad | 10 April 2018

Demand for top team support has been increasing and is expected to rise further after next month’...

Chiefs reject 'disappointing' pay deal

By Dan Peters | 10 April 2018

The trade union for council chief executives has rejected the ‘very disappointing’ pay offer to t...

'Rudd strategy undermined by grant delay'

By Mark Conrad | 09 April 2018

Home secretary Amber Rudd’s plan to tackle serious violence is undermined by delayed grant paymen...

Support for independent Telford inquiry grows

By Mark Conrad | 09 April 2018

Telford & Wrekin Council is poised to approve an independent inquiry into child sexual abuse in t...