LOCAL DEMOCRACY
S Yorks 2017 mayoral election 'impossible' after court win
By Chris Ames | 21 December 2016
The High Court has blocked Sheffield city region’s devolution bid over the inclusion of Chesterfi...
CLIMATE CHANGE
High Court: Council right to approve fracking
By Laura Sharman | 20 December 2016
Fracking will be allowed to take place in North Yorkshire after the High Court ruled the county c...
DCLG
Rebel councils stand firm in face of DCLG crackdown
By James Evison | 16 December 2016
Three rebel local authorities flouting the Department for Communities and Local Government’s (DCL...
WHITEHALL
Law relaxed to meet need for more secure children's places
By Sam Clayden | 13 December 2016
Spiralling demand and dwindling supply has forced the Government to try to relax the law to allow...
HEALTH
'Whitehall's failure to end trusts' charity claims wastes cash and harms health'
By Sam Clayden | 13 December 2016
Ministers’ failure to end a long-running legal dispute between NHS trusts and councils is wasting...
WHITEHALL
Ministers to limit council exemptions clause
By Jamie Hailstone | 09 December 2016
The Government is to backtrack on a controversial clause in the Children and Social Work Bill whi...
WHITEHALL
Councils upbeat about defeating trusts' demands for rates relief
By Sam Clayden | 06 December 2016
Councils are quietly confident of defeating NHS trusts’ claim for mandatory business rates relief...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Leading from the Front
By Richard Giblin | 23 November 2016
Richard Giblin looks at how the service desk can help mitigate the insider cyber threat
LEGAL
Councils threaten legal action over Heathrow decision
By Laura Sharman | 17 November 2016
Four councils have threatened to launch legal action against the Government unless it withdraws s...
HUMAN RESOURCES
A growing legal skills gap
By Hugh Peart | 16 November 2016
The process of cutbacks and service reforms mean an effective council legal team is more importan...
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