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Government launches peer review survey

By Paul Marinko | 15 August 2022

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DHLUC) has launched a survey into the L...

IFS: National Care Service could exacerbate service quality differences

By Paul Marinko | 11 August 2022

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned Scotland’s planned National Care Service ‘could...

Tory councillors' support for leadership hopefuls bucks party trend

By Paul Marinko | 04 August 2022

Support for the two Tory leadership candidates among Conservative councillors is finely balanced ...

Scots councils moot winter warm spaces

By Paul Marinko | 01 August 2022

A string of Scottish councils is believed to be considering the introduction of warm spaces this ...

Think tank calls for beefed up levelling up

By Paul Marinko | 26 July 2022

A think tank has demanded the next government reverse council funding cuts and beef up the levell...

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...