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Government's building safety appointment was 'a mistake', says Porter

By Paul Marinko | 06 November 2019

Former Local Government Association (LGA) chairman Lord Porter has branded the appointment of Dam...

'Reform of this broken system cannot come soon enough'

By Paul Marinko | 06 November 2019

The first phase report of the Grenfell public inquiry may have focused on the weaknesses in the f...

Westminster leader selected for parliamentary seat

By Paul Marinko | 05 November 2019

Nickie Aiken, the leader of Westminster City Council has been selected to fight the city’s parlia...

Poverty driving up children's care costs

By Paul Marinko | 05 November 2019

Councils have seen an 85% increase in child protection plans over the decade, with poverty and po...

Hopson warning over politicising health and social care

By Paul Marinko | 04 November 2019

Politicians should avoid using the NHS as a weapon during the General Election and instead offer ...

Improvement board formed for troubled council

By Paul Marinko | 29 October 2019

The Welsh Government has formed an improvement board to oversee changes at Merthyr Tydfil CBC aft...

DCN in high streets 'emergency' warning

By Paul Marinko | 29 October 2019

The District Councils’ Network (DCN) has warned Britain’s high streets are in a ‘state of emergen...

Devolution to 'level up' economic fortunes - report

By Paul Marinko | 29 October 2019

A think-tank has called on ministers to further embrace local government devolution in order to l...

Think-tank in widening age gap warning

By Paul Marinko | 28 October 2019

The Resolution Foundation has warned of a widening age gap across council areas and called on Whi...

EXCLUSIVE: MHCLG puts itself on no-deal footing

By Paul Marinko | 22 October 2019

Whitehall Brexit operations centres sprang into action yesterday as the Ministry of Housing, Comm...