PODCASTS
Sir Bob Neill talks about his political journey
By Heather Jameson | 15 July 2024
In the latest episode of the Our World is Local podcast, former local government minister Sir Bob Neill talks about his political career, which began when he became a Havering LBC councillor 50 yea...
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Ministers in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
By Heather Jameson | 16 April 2024
The letter on councils’ productivity, sent by local government minister Simon Hoare this week, bo...
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CIPFA to 'look again' at select committee's report
By Dan Peters | 20 February 2023
Local government finance experts will ‘look again’ at a six-year-old report by MPs on improving t...
FINANCE
Fears as ministers eye rising council reserves
By Heather Jameson | 14 December 2022
New Government plans to scrutinise council reserves have sparked fresh fears ministers are encour...
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Grenfell council admits leadership was 'unable to cope'
By Chris Mahony | 12 April 2022
Kensington & Chelsea LBC has admitted to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry its ‘leadership was unable to...
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New accountability body 'stops short' of Audit Commission reinvention
By Heather Jameson | 08 February 2022
Plans for a body to oversee the accountability of local government stop just short of re-inventin...
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Pickles committee calls for more freedoms and resources for councils
By Chris Mahony | 06 December 2021
A select committee whose members include ex-communities secretary Lord Pickles has said councils ...
ERIC PICKLES
Channelling Charlton
14 September 2021
Diary can always count on our old chum/adversary (*delete depending on mood) Eric Pickles to come...
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Pickles praises mayors during pandemic
By Dan Peters | 09 September 2021
Former local government secretary Eric Pickles has admitted he was a ‘late convert’ to the idea o...
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Uproar at move towards 'national bin service'
By Dan Peters | 01 June 2021
Councils are preparing to fight government plans to create what they fear will be a ‘national bin...
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LGA distances itself from fire safety guide
By Dan Peters | 13 April 2021
The Local Government Association (LGA) has distanced itself from guidance hosted on its website t...
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