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EXCLUSIVE: £4.3m bed cost shambles

By Paul Marinko | 04 April 2023

The Government has held back £600m of promised social care funding after its drive to reduce dela...

Government's social care vision 'in tatters' as funding held back

By Paul Marinko | 04 April 2023

The Government has been accused of leaving its own social care vision ‘in tatters’ after unveilin...

Call for chief executives to sign up as army reservists

By Paul Marinko | 03 April 2023

Staffordshire CC chief executive John Henderson has called for council chief executives to sign u...

East Midlands Tories demand Gove act to prevent 'two-tiered' devolution

By Paul Marinko | 03 April 2023

Nottinghamshire CC leader Ben Bradley has demanded ministers act to avoid ‘a two-tiered system of...

Raring to go

By Paul Marinko | 28 March 2023

Councils are preparing to celebrate becoming unitaries on 1 April. Paul Marinko talks to the key ...

Bid to give local plans primacy over national policies resisted

By Paul Marinko | 28 March 2023

The Government has resisted efforts in the House of Lords to give local planning proposals primac...

Future Forum: Stop staff feeling alone, says IMPOWER

By Paul Marinko | 17 March 2023

Council chiefs need to limit the sense of isolation and risk of failure for their teams when enco...

Future Forum: 'Horses for courses' on tackling climate change

By Paul Marinko | 17 March 2023

It’s a case of ‘horses for courses’ as councils contemplate the type of sustainable energy source...

Questions over Slough's 'viability'

By Paul Marinko | 16 March 2023

The Government has said there are question marks over the ‘viability’ of Slough Council as a unit...

Combined authority considers restructure

By Paul Marinko | 14 March 2023

The West of England Combined Authority is considering proposals to restructure its senior team as...