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Councils get three months to publish pension details

By Mark Conrad | 18 January 2017

Marsham Street has given Wandsworth LBC and Richmond RLBC three months from their pension funds' ...

R&D fund to explore 'cash creating ideas' for Worcester

By Mark Conrad | 18 January 2017

Worcester City Council is expected to launch a research and development fund to investigate ideas...

Planning system 'favours developers' over communities

By Mark Conrad | 11 January 2017

Three-quarters of councillors believe the planning system is too weighted in favour of developers...

Corbyn: Stop council contracts going to tax havens

By Mark Conrad | 10 January 2017

Councils would be forced to limit contracts worth more than £250,000 to UK-registered companies u...

Scottish Labour pledges to invest in public services

By Mark Conrad | 10 January 2017

The Scottish Labour Party has launched its local government election campaign, pledging to invest...

Council leader opens London Stock Exchange

By Mark Conrad | 10 January 2017

Aberdeen City Council leader, Cllr Jenny Laing, today led the opening ceremony of the London Stoc...

Intervention uncertainty 'could hamper scrutiny'

By Mark Conrad | 09 November 2016

The Department for Communities and Local Government’s (DCLG) refusal to disclose how many council...

Residents rule out county unitary proposals

By Mark Conrad | 08 November 2016

Residents in Hampshire have ruled out switching to a unitary county structure following a tightly...

Councils defend Troubled Families work

By Mark Conrad | 18 October 2016

Local authorities have rushed to defend the Government’s under-fire Troubled Families programme d...

Government support needed to achieve integration

By Mark Conrad | 17 October 2016

Treasury ministers should use the forthcoming Autumn Statement to ‘smooth the path’ towards great...