BUSINESS
Whitehall fracking plans challenged
By Jamie Hailstone | 26 October 2016
Campaigners have threatened the Government with legal action after ministers overturned a decisio...
FINANCE
The hidden dangers of business rates
By Haydn Rogan | 26 October 2016
With business rates devolution looming large, do councils need greater powers to combat local ‘ph...
DCLG
Met 'fails to tackle election fraud at Tower Hamlets'
By Dan Peters | 26 October 2016
Tower Hamlets commissioners have expressed their disappointment at the Metropolitan Police Servic...
LEGAL
Resident could lose home after court battle with council chief
By Jamie Hailstone | 25 October 2016
A Carmarthenshire CC resident could lose her home as part of a long-running libel case with the c...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Joining forces to tackle sexual exploitation
By Dave Hill | 18 October 2016
Child sexual exploitation cannot be tackled by local government alone and councils are undertakin...
LEGAL
Using Brexit to transform procurement
18 October 2016
Local government is being stifled by a restrictive commissioning and procurement system but Brexi...
FINANCE
Women challenge council over equal pay
By Laura Sharman | 17 October 2016
More than 60 women are challenging Reading Council in court today, arguing they are owed more tha...
WHITEHALL
SOLACE Summit: Lloyd says social care is in crisis
By Dan Peters | 13 October 2016
Local Government Association (LGA) chief executive Mark Lloyd has told senior officers that socia...
HUMAN RESOURCES
A group becomes a team
By Katey Arrowsmith | 12 October 2016
Four internal audit and counter fraud teams have been merged across Medway Council and Gravesham ...
SOCIAL CARE
'Robust' trading standards required
By Dan Peters | 05 October 2016
Council chiefs have been urged to think carefully about their statutory duties when cutting servi...
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