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Unions urge pinged staff to isolate

By Paul Marinko | 02 August 2021

Unions have urged waste and recycling staff to stay at home if ‘pinged’ by the COVID-19 app despi...

Shropshire chief exit payment revealed

By Paul Marinko | 02 August 2021

Shropshire Council has revealed its former chief executive received a severance payment of more t...

Environmental health risks being 'hollowed out'

By Paul Marinko | 15 June 2021

More than half of English councils are not taking on environmental health trainees and apprentice...

EXCLUSIVE: Councils urged to 'sharpen commercial edge'

By Paul Marinko | 15 June 2021

A new report has argued that allowing councils to sharpen their commercial edge will ‘unlock imme...

Redcar & Cleveland reduces cyber-attack cost estimate

By Paul Marinko | 15 June 2021

Redcar & Cleveland BC has recalculated the cost of the cyber-attack it suffered down by £1.7m.

Cardiff boosts reserves in pandemic

By Paul Marinko | 15 June 2021

Cardiff City Council’s reserves increased by £48m despite the impact of the COVID-19 crisis.

Business leaders make planning plea

By Paul Marinko | 14 June 2021

Business leaders have demanded ‘properly resourced and upskilled local planning departments’ so c...

Unpicking the pilots

By Paul Marinko | 02 June 2021

The Government’s quick reversal of its stay local guidance in new variant surge areas has led to ...

No accord on levelling up

By Paul Marinko | 05 May 2021

An analysis by Localis calls the Government’s Plan for Growth ‘a centralist strategy’ in which ‘t...

The risks of Sunak's freeports

By Paul Marinko | 08 April 2021

The freeports policy is poised to be a main plank of the levelling up agenda. But there are conce...