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TPA hits out at council art collections

By Paul Marinko | 04 December 2019

The Tax Payers’ Alliance has also hit out at councils across the UK for owning art collections wo...

It's party time

By Paul Marinko | 03 December 2019

With just a week to polling day, the race to form the next Government is nearly over. Here Paul M...

COSLA kicks off funding formula review

By Paul Marinko | 03 December 2019

A review of funding for Scottish councils has been launched following concerns around the current...

Unlock potential of social workers through self-management, report argues

By Paul Marinko | 02 December 2019

A new report has called for a radical reduction in middle management to boost the time social wor...

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...