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Barnsley 'high performing' despite austerity

By Naomi Larsson | 22 July 2019

Barnsley MBC is ‘high performing’ despite its long battle with austerity, a peer review by the Lo...

'Nearly everyone' showed correct ID in voter trials

By Naomi Larsson | 22 July 2019

An independent evaluation of voter ID trials in May has found they were a success and ‘nearly eve...

Youth service review launched

By Naomi Larsson | 16 July 2019

A review has been launched into statutory guidance for councils on youth service provision.

Universal Credit draining council resources

By Naomi Larsson | 15 July 2019

Universal Credit (UC) is draining resources from councils, a new survey has found.

Trust in planners 'almost non-existent'

By Naomi Larsson | 10 July 2019

Public trust in councils to make planning decisions in the best interests of communities is ‘almo...

Councils hit out at standardisation drive

By Naomi Larsson | 09 July 2019

Council figures have hit out at a government consultation to standardise recycling across the cou...

Public backs social enterprises to deliver services

By Naomi Larsson | 09 July 2019

Almost nine out of 10 UK residents would prefer for outsourced services to be delivered by social...

Call for delay to finance system reforms

By Naomi Larsson | 09 July 2019

A group of London councils have called for the Government to delay its overhaul of the local gove...

Court date set for councils' £2bn tax dispute with NHS trusts

By Naomi Larsson | 08 July 2019

A court date has been set for the long-running legal dispute between councils and NHS trusts over...

Further delay to devolution drive

By Dan Peters | 24 April 2019

The Government’s repeatedly-delayed devolution framework will not be published until after Brexit...