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Middlesbrough set to ask for Government support in bid to avoid s114

By Paul Marinko | 11 January 2024

Middlesbrough Council is set to ask the Government for Exceptional Financial Support (EFS) as it ...

Ban on councils boycotting Israel moves forward

By Paul Marinko | 11 January 2024

MPs have voted through legislation that aims to ban councils from launching boycotts of Israeli g...

Bristol in £25m contract with scandal-hit IT firm

By Paul Marinko | 11 January 2024

Bristol City Council has been revealed to have an IT contract worth £25m with scandal-hit firm Fu...

£2.9bn private investment in freeports says Gove

By Paul Marinko | 10 January 2024

Michael Gove has said new freeports have attracted £2.9bn of investment and created 6,000 jobs si...

Is this the end of innovation?

By Paul Marinko | 10 January 2024

Is there a tendency among council members to play it safe and avoid risks? Norse Group and The MJ...

Liverpool to regain certain functions but intervention expected to continue

By Paul Marinko | 13 December 2023

Liverpool City Council is set to regain control over some of its functions, but commissioners are...

Government admits councils spending 75% of budgets on adult social care

By Paul Marinko | 12 December 2023

A Government minister has admitted around three quarters of council budgets are now being spent o...

Government speeds up shift of Whitehall jobs out of London

By Paul Marinko | 12 December 2023

The Government has brought forward plans to move 22,000 civil service jobs out of London as part ...

Final round of brownfield housing fund launched

By Paul Marinko | 12 December 2023

Councils are set to bid for £80m of funding to deliver new homes after the Government launched th...

Scots make bumpy start – but will England follow the plan?

By Paul Marinko | 11 December 2023

As the relationship between Scottish councils, unions and Holyrood ministers remains tense as the...