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DCLG could lose £600m after Brexit

By Mark Conrad | 28 March 2017

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) could lose up to £600m of its annual b...

Chiefs to be handed greater policy powers

By Mark Conrad | 28 March 2017

London council chief executives will be handed more influence in developing devolution as part of...

Transparency warning issued for LEPs

By Mark Conrad | 28 March 2017

Communities secretary Sajid Javid this week urged local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) to ‘take a...

Carter early favourite to replace Hodge

By Mark Conrad | 27 March 2017

Kent CC leader, Paul Carter, is an early favourite to replace David Hodge as head of the Conserva...

Leicestershire tells LGA to change

By Mark Conrad | 27 March 2017

Leicestershire CC has told the Local Government Association (LGA) to change if it wants to keep i...

'Overlooked' counties threaten to quit LGA

By Mark Conrad | 22 March 2017

The Local Government Association (LGA) was this week facing a battle to placate its county member...

75% unaware of forthcoming mayoral elections

By Mark Conrad | 22 March 2017

Three-quarters of voters know ‘little or nothing’ about the forthcoming mayoral elections, new re...

Councils are braced for NHS cash raid

By Dan Peters | 22 March 2017

Local government is bracing itself for a NHS cash grab as it battles for influence over how to sp...

London boroughs secure homelessness funding

By Mark Conrad | 21 March 2017

London boroughs have secured £1.7m in fresh government funding aimed at preventing homelessness.

Adult social care market 'broken'

By Mark Conrad | 20 March 2017

The adult social care market is ‘broken’ with services now bought at prices that are unsustainabl...