Councillors

By Martin Ford | 19 June 2023

Legislation aimed at preventing councils from launching their own boycotts has been introduced to...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Council chiefs named in King's Birthday Honours

By Martin Ford | 19 June 2023

Council officers and members were among those to be named on the King’s Birthday Honours list thi...

WHITEHALL

Progress on devolution 'too slow' - LGA vice-president

By Dan Peters | 16 June 2023

A Local Government Association vice-president has expressed ‘serious concerns about the Governmen...

AUDIT

Audit and governance is the conscience of the council

By Adele Taylor | 13 June 2023

The remit of the audit and governance committee is much more than the debits and credits of the s...

HEALTH

A quiet health revolution

By Matthew Taylor | 05 June 2023

If health is to grasp the future, there needs to be an honest conversation with the public and a ...

PAY

Unite in summer strike warning

By Dan Peters | 01 June 2023

Trade union Unite has warned summer strike action will hit key events after talks with the Conven...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Labour accused of centralist coalition approach

By Mark Conrad | 26 May 2023

Senior Lib Dems have accused Labour of centralist diktat in blocking a series of post-election co...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Chief executive peers can escape peer challenge scrutiny, LGA admits

By Dan Peters | 26 May 2023

Chief executives who volunteer as peers do not have to have a corporate peer challenge (CPC) in t...

Opportunity knocks

16 May 2023

A few – OK make that more than 1,000 – Conservative councillors suffered the pain of rejection a...

COUNCILLORS

Birmingham bombshell: Labour NEC to oust leader

By Mark Conrad | 16 May 2023

Britain’s biggest authority, Birmingham City Council, has been thrown into turmoil after an inter...

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