WHITEHALL

DCLG rates rethink leaves LEPs in limbo

By Dan Peters | 06 December 2016

The Government could row back from plans to give business members on local enterprise partnership...

HEALTH

Call for more money and engagement for STPs

By James Evison | 05 December 2016

More money and greater engagement with staff and the public will be needed for sustainability and...

FINANCE

No pressure on mergers, insists minister Drakeford

By Dan Peters | 29 November 2016

Welsh minister Mark Drakeford has admitted he faces competition from his colleagues to push throu...

FINANCE

Housing white paper delayed

By James Evison | 29 November 2016

The much-anticipated housing white paper has been delayed until the new year, communities secreta...

WHITEHALL

Whitehall must stop curbing councils

By Sam Clayden | 23 November 2016

The Government will fail to solve the housing crisis if it continues to ‘disincentivise’ councils...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Healey: Rethink housing legislation after U-turn

By Sam Clayden | 22 November 2016

Shadow housing secretary John Healey has called for a rethink on the rest of the Housing and Plan...

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...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Peers defeat Children and Social Work Bill 'exemption clause'

By Sam Clayden | 09 November 2016

Peers have defeated a clause in the Children and Social Work Bill that would exempt councils from...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Greening: Great social work should not be prescribed or defined by ministers

By Sam Clayden | 04 November 2016

Good social care should not be ‘defined’ by central government, the education secretary insisted ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Just 1% of children's social workers support new legislation

By Jamie Hailstone | 02 November 2016

Children’s social workers have overwhelmingly rejected government plans to change the way service...

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