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LGA moves to give peer reviews teeth

By Paul Marinko | 25 July 2022

The Local Government Association (LGA) has said all corporate peer challenges (CPC) must now be p...

Tory leadership candidates pitch to councillors

By Paul Marinko | 21 July 2022

Upper tier councils apparently left ‘with a smile on their faces’ after the two remaining candida...

Interim chief for troubled Thanet

By Paul Marinko | 15 July 2022

Canterbury City Council’s former top officer Colin Carmichael has been appointed interim chief ex...

Labour calls for council worker pay rise

By Paul Marinko | 29 June 2022

Shadow levelling up secretary Lisa Nandy told the Local Government Association conference soaring...

Gove says new body will 'shine light' on sector failures and successes

By Paul Marinko | 28 June 2022

Michael Gove has reaffirmed his plans to ‘shine a light’ on both the failures and successes of co...

Call for national 'civic service'

By Paul Marinko | 17 June 2022

London Councils’ chair has called for the introduction of a national ‘civic service’ so everyone ...

The new workforce: delivering services post-COVID

By Paul Marinko | 15 June 2022

Senior public sector officers discussed the challenges of recruitment and retention at a time of ...

Josephs apologises again for lockdown prosecco party

By Paul Marinko | 26 May 2022

Sheffield City Council chief executive Kate Josephs has reiterated her apology after details of h...

Government to strengthen community role in planning

By Paul Marinko | 23 May 2022

The Government has made clear it intends to strengthen the role of communities in new planning le...

Future Forum: Go hyper-local to avoid 'grim' future

By Paul Marinko | 13 May 2022

The Government needs to provide county deals quickly and councils need to simultaneously ‘go hype...