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FINANCE
No chance of a return to Groundhog Day
By Michael Burton | 01 April 2020
One clear lesson from the virus is how much we need properly-funded public services, writes Micha...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: No Whitehall standstill despite coronavirus
By Dan Peters | 31 March 2020
Whitehall officials have insisted that they want to make progress with other government business ...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
'Things will probably not be the same again'
By Ann McGauran | 31 March 2020
John Henderson’s top-level military background is proving crucial to Staffordshire CC as it refoc...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Whitehall mulls s114 suspension or another cash bailout
By Dan Peters | 31 March 2020
Whitehall is weighing up another cash bailout or suspending Section 114 rules with at least 10% o...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Changes to governance structures are needed in a time of pandemic
By Helen McGrath | 31 March 2020
Decision making is a pressing concern facing local government lawyers due to the evolving pandemi...
COMMUNICATIONS
A nine-point guide to COVID-19 crisis communications
By Richard Stokoe | 31 March 2020
Communications has often been seen as a luxury, says Richard Stokoe – but this time it is ‘at the...
LEGAL
Lawyers warn Deprivation of Liberty safeguards will be 'paralysed' by pandemic
By Ann McGauran | 31 March 2020
COVID-19 will ‘paralyse’ the system of Deprivation of Liberty safeguards (DoLS), says the organis...
DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES
Councils' plea to support voluntary sector
By Paul Marinko | 31 March 2020
A group of councils has written to the Government demanding action to protect community organisat...
HOUSING
Asylum housing to be sourced outside of dispersal scheme
By Martin Ford | 31 March 2020
Asylum seekers could be housed in local authority areas that have not signed up to the dispersal ...
FINANCE
Fraud in times of crisis
31 March 2020
As CIPFA publishes research showing local government professionals believe fraud is a major risk,...
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