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EXCLUSIVE: Fresh bed-blocking fine threat looming

By Mark Conrad | 20 April 2017

Councils are facing a fresh risk of NHS fines for ‘bed-blocking’ as health bodies struggle to hit...

Out-of-city accommodation 'puts families at risk'

By Mark Conrad | 20 April 2017

An increasing number of London boroughs are placing families at risk of homelessness in out-of-ci...

Election casts doubt on 100% retention plan

By Mark Conrad | 19 April 2017

Plans to roll out 100% business rates retention from April 2019 have been thrown into the air by ...

CIPFA warning as General Election called

By Mark Conrad | 18 April 2017

MPs should not use the snap General Election to make ‘undeliverable promises’ about the future fu...

Call for 'more sustainable' childcare approach

By Mark Conrad | 18 April 2017

Ministers’ proposed childcare reforms risk repeating the mistakes of the social care market, with...

75% fail to meet fees deadline

By Mark Conrad | 11 April 2017

Almost three-quarters of councils did not notify providers of disability care about their 2016/17...

Asylum seekers shunted to poorest council areas

By Mark Conrad | 11 April 2017

Asylum seekers are being housed for £11 each per night under Whitehall’s ‘incredibly parsimonious...

'Give us powers to over-rule commercial confidentiality'

By Mark Conrad | 11 April 2017

Councils are demanding powers to over-rule ‘commercial confidentiality’ when scrutinising how pri...

Unison Scotland in strike ballot

By Mark Conrad | 11 April 2017

Scotland’s largest local government trade union is to ballot its members over possible strike act...

Northern Powerhouse business backing soars

By Mark Conrad | 05 April 2017

The number of businesses backing the Northern Powerhouse project continues to soar, with eight ne...