Fury at short notice of asylum targets
August 11, 2022
Home Office chiefs were this week accused of dumping responsibility for strict new asylum targets onto councils while mandarins head for their summer breaks.
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IFS: National Care Service could exacerbate service quality differences
August 11, 2022
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned Scotland’s planned National Care Service ‘could exacerbate rather than reduce differences in service quality’ across the country.
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Call for new PM to boost role of LEPs
August 8, 2022
The incoming Conservative Prime Minister must better support small businesses through Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) if the UK is to ride the forthcoming recession, leadership candidates Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak have been warned.
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Scottish councils offered £140m to boost pay
August 9, 2022
Three trade unions are poised to begin strike action after rejecting a 2% pay offer by council leaders.
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Inflation to wipe out 40% of public spending growth
August 10, 2022
Higher inflation is to wipe out 40% of the planned growth in public sector funding over the next three years leading to a £44bn shortfall, according to a study by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).
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Government election reforms 'unachievable’
August 8, 2022
Introducing voter ID and other election reforms ‘appears to be unachievable,’ according to a new Government report.
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Tory-led council given green light to take legal action against Government
August 8, 2022
Medway Council has been given permission to take legal action against the Government over its refusal to take on any more unaccompanied asylum seeking children.
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Polling backs councils' fiscal devolution call
August 8, 2022
Ministers should devolve fiscal powers to councils to boost the UK’s economic recovery, South East Councils (SEC) has urged.
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Waste workers announce strike action across 15 Scottish councils
August 11, 2022
Waste workers in 15 councils across Scotland will walk out for a week this month in protest over the 'pitiful' 2% pay offer.
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