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A vision of the past

By Paul Marinko | 28 November 2019

The party manifestos have been branded ‘a little last decade’ after they were released in quick s...

Conservatives call for care consensus in cautious manifesto

By Paul Marinko | 25 November 2019

The Conservatives are set to keep the council tax cap, seek cross-party consensus on social care ...

Spending freeze for Shropshire

By Paul Marinko | 20 November 2019

Shropshire Council’s boss has told staff the authority has imposed a ‘spending freeze’ until 2020...

Council to buy back estates from developer

By Paul Marinko | 19 November 2019

Hammersmith and Fulham LBC is to take back ownership of two housing estates 12 years after they w...

Middlesbrough faces £4.4m overspend

By Paul Marinko | 18 November 2019

The English council with the highest number of young people affected by income deprivation is fac...

Labour proposes BT public ownership plan

By Paul Marinko | 15 November 2019

BT would be partly taken back into public ownership under Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to n...

Interserve's White to step down

By Paul Marinko | 15 November 2019

Interserve has announced its chief executive will step down at the end of the year with her respo...

Chief departure has 'no link' to joint working move

By Paul Marinko | 15 November 2019

Allerdale BC has insisted there is ‘no link’ between chief executive Ian Frost’s departure and a ...

Our poor children

By Paul Marinko | 13 November 2019

Child poverty in the UK impacts not only on the children who are put into care. Its ripple effect...

Figures expose shameful causes of children's care costs

By Paul Marinko | 07 November 2019

The impact of poverty on council children’s services saw calls for action this week from MPs and ...