Councils and union clash over zero-hour contracts
June 18, 2019
Councils have insisted on keeping the option of zero-hour contracts as Unison prepares to push the sector’s associations to back a campaign to abolish them.
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Lack of social care funding undermines NHS investment
June 18, 2019
Insufficient resources in the care system will undermine investment in the NHS, new research has suggested.
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Spending Review poses 'challenge' for fair funding
June 18, 2019
A minister has said a one-year settlement for local government would pose a ‘challenge’ for implementing the fair funding review in 2020/21.
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EXCLUSIVE: £95k exit cap regulations are 'lawyers' charter to print money'
June 17, 2019
Government regulations introducing a £95,000 cap on local government exit payments are a ‘lawyers’ charter to print money,’ the trade union representing the most senior managers in the sector is expected to tell Whitehall.
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Spending Review must meet costs of refugee resettlement
June 17, 2019
Local government has cautiously welcomed the Government’s commitment to continue resettling refugees after a flagship scheme ends next year.
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Legal officers press for standards reform
June 17, 2019
The rise in the number of independent councillors has strengthened the case for a tougher standards regime, monitoring officers have argued.
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Councils to appeal 'town hall Pravdas' ruling
June 14, 2019
Waltham Forest and Hackney LBCs will appeal after a judge backed Government attempts to stop them publishing a council newspaper every two weeks.
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Civil service chief calls for more cross-Whitehall working
June 14, 2019
Whitehall chief Sir Mark Sedwill has called for more cross-boundary working among civil servants to tackle social issues like knife crime, troubled families and mental health.
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Funding pledged for Scottish councils to tackle period poverty
June 17, 2019
Councils in Scotland will receive £2m in funding to continue provision of free sanitary products in schools.
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