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POLICY AND POLITICS
Reed lobbies Treasury over fiscal devolution
By Dan Peters | 12 November 2025
Local government secretary Steve Reed has made the case to the Treasury for devolving fiscal powe...
FINANCE
Building local government's next generation of finance chiefs
By Ann McGauran | 12 November 2025
The Society of County Treasurers is launching a programme to help finance professionals leap ahea...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Fresh finance officer warning
By Dan Peters | 12 November 2025
The recruitment crisis for under-pressure section 151 officers is destined to get worse, a local ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Late funding changes may cost metropolitan councils £121m
By Joe Lepper | 12 November 2025
Late changes to the fair funding review around deprivation and population are expected to cost me...
PROCUREMENT
Care businesses in three regions 'extract' more than £250m in profits
By Ann McGauran | 12 November 2025
Private companies providing care services have taken more than £250m in profits in just three reg...
SEND
SEND spend warning
By Dan Peters | 11 November 2025
The Government will struggle to address the crisis in special educational needs and disabilities ...
WALES
Welsh councils 'very close' to issuing s114 notices
By Paul Marinko | 11 November 2025
Wales’ outgoing auditor general has reportedly said some of the country’s councils are ‘very clos...
FINANCE
Worcestershire warned over special educational needs spending
By Joe Lepper | 10 November 2025
Worcestershire CC has been handed a statutory financial warning by auditors concerned its spendin...
PREVENTION
The true value of prevention
By Zachary Scott | 10 November 2025
A project that makes investment in prevention visible in financial terms shows that clarity on wh...
REORGANISATION
Hampshire's four-unitary model will deliver nearly £50m in annual savings
By Gill Kneller | 10 November 2025
A four-unitary model for Hampshire and that will accelerate housing delivery, tackle homelessness...
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