Crime

By Mark Conrad | 10 July 2018

Contractor Capita has been forced to repay £2m to Barnet LBC following an alleged fraud by an ex-...

Former council leader censured for 'repeated' sexual harassment

By William Eichler | 06 July 2018

A former leader of Devon CC has been censured for ‘sustained and repeated’ sexual harassment of f...

CRIME

Police 'should charge' for supervising tree protests

By Martin Ford | 03 July 2018

Police should be paid for intervening in tree protests in Sheffield, a report has suggested.

BUSINESS

Changes after council fraud probe

By Mark Conrad | 02 July 2018

Barnet LBC lawyers will present evidence at the trial of a former joint venture employee accused ...

WHITEHALL

Surrey has 'improved' since Parsons Green bomb

By Dan Peters | 19 June 2018

Surrey CC has insisted it has made improvements since the Parsons Green bomber partially exploded...

ELECTIONS

ID could drive residents to 'less secure' postal voting

By Mark Conrad | 19 June 2018

Residents could be more likely to apply for less secure postal votes if polling station ID requir...

IMPROVEMENT

Local input key to new-look counter terrorism strategies

By Mark Conrad | 05 June 2018

Putting councils at the centre of counter-terror strategies could allay community fears they are ...

WHITEHALL

Javid to give councils access to intelligence files

By Mark Conrad | 04 June 2018

Councils will be given access to a more intelligence and police files under Home Office plans to ...

BUSINESS

Police bail extended for council leader and former chiefs

By Dan Peters | 23 May 2018

Four local government figures on bail in connection with a fraud probe have been told to return t...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Standards split between officers and councillors

By Mark Conrad | 22 May 2018

Councillors and officers are divided over the future of the standards regime, with politicians ba...

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