WHITEHALL

Get ready for £9.5bn funding gap in 2020 warns LGA

By MJ reporter | 01 July 2015

Councils could be facing a funding gap of £9.5bn by the end of the next Parliament, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

HEALTH

Pickup sets sights on fair funding

By MJ reporter | 24 June 2015

The Local Government Association’s (LGA) new deputy chief executive, Sarah Pickup, has called for...

BUSINESS

Carolyn Downs to leave LGA

By Heather Jameson | 20 May 2015

Local Government Association (LGA) chief executive Carolyn Downs has been appointed as the new ch...

HEALTH

LGA pleads for no more cuts

By Jamie Hailstone | 18 May 2015

Town hall bosses have called on the chancellor to spare them from any further cuts.

WHITEHALL

Conservatives win back leadership of the LGA

By MJ reporter | 13 May 2015

The Conservatives have regained the leadership of the Local Government Association after a shock ...

WHITEHALL

Councils want freedom to set Right to Buy discounts

By Jonathan Werran | 09 April 2015

The next government should give councils greater flexibility to set discounts under the Right to ...

FINANCE

Row over as LGA sticks with growth board

By Dan Peters | 08 April 2015

The Local Government Association (LGA) has stepped back from threats to pull out of the National ...

FINANCE

MPs back social care ringfence

By Jamie Hailstone | 30 March 2015

Three quarters of sitting MPs have backed calls by the Local Government Association (LGA) to prot...

HEALTH

Pass on powers 'or economy will stall'

By Jamie Hailstone | 24 March 2015

Council leaders have reiterated their calls for more powers from Westminster, amid claims local g...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Budget 2015: Call for more devolution after 'disappointing' deal

By Dan Peters | 18 March 2015

Local government leaders called for ‘greater levels of devolution’ after the West Yorkshire combi...

BUSINESS

EXCLUSIVE: LGA in row over European cash

By Dan Peters | 17 March 2015

Councils have questioned the Government’s commitment to devolution amid a fierce row over Europea...

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