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WHITEHALL
Counties could intervene in district planning
By Dan Peters | 19 October 2016
County councils may be given powers to intervene where districts fail to agree local plans for ne...
FINANCE
Council seeks private partner to build 250 new homes
By Jamie Hailstone | 18 October 2016
Lewisham LBC has launched a hunt for a private sector partner to help meet the growing local need...
WHITEHALL
May backs homelessness prevention with £40m fund
By Sam Clayden | 18 October 2016
Councils will be able to bid for a slice of a £20m fund to pilot homelessness prevention schemes.
FINANCE
Chiefs law change plea to balance books
By Sam Clayden | 18 October 2016
District council finance chiefs have suggested a change in the law to free local authorities from...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Districts have a key role to play
By Louise Round | 12 October 2016
Districts want to continue delivering on housing and growth despite serious uncertainties over po...
WHITEHALL
Stroud chief's call to relax borrowing cap
By Sam Clayden | 12 October 2016
Fresh demands for ministers to relax the borrowing cap have emerged after Stroud DC chief executi...
DCLG
A 'moral duty' to get councils building
By Heather Jameson | 05 October 2016
Sajid Javid used the Conservative Party conference to show his hand on local government policy. B...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Concerns for the future
By Sandra Dinneen | 05 October 2016
The recent District Councils' Network chief executives conference saw local government making sta...
FINANCE
A house built on rock
By Thomas Bridge | 05 October 2016
Housing took centre stage at the Labour Party Conference, forming a key part of major speeches. T...
PLANNING
Shake up the planning laws
By Bob Neill | 05 October 2016
Bob Neill says the Government must act quickly to improve planning processes
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