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FINANCE
Brexit will have 'profound implications' for public services
By Mark Conrad | 04 April 2017
The UK’s withdrawal from the European Union will have ‘profound’ implications for public services...
WHITEHALL
Call for licensing committees to be scrapped
By Mark Conrad | 04 April 2017
Council licensing committees should be abolished and their powers handed to planning experts, a r...
WHITEHALL
Lloyd: Councils continuing to pull it off with great aplomb
By Dan Peters | 31 March 2017
Councils are continuing to thrive despite unprecedented cuts over the last 10 years,’ the chief e...
PLANNING
Let's spend less time talking and more time building
By Andrew Muter | 29 March 2017
Andrew Muter is optimistic that the housing white paper can spark a new era of local authority bu...
FINANCE
Rising homelessness comfirmed
By Dan Peters | 29 March 2017
The number of households in temporary accommodation has shot up by 10% in a year and 58% since 20...
FINANCE
Scrapping DoLS could protect patients and cut costs
By Nicholas Paines QC | 13 March 2017
The Law Commission is urging the Government to scrap controversial DoLS and introduce a new syste...
LEGISLATION
Welsh government seeks to abolish Right to Buy
13 March 2017
The Welsh Government has introduced legislation aimed at abolishing Right to Buy to protect the n...
FINANCE
Gearing up for the rate debate
By James Maker | 08 March 2017
James Maker outlines the importance of county authorities in achieving a balanced business rate s...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Aiming high to support disadvantaged children
By Kate Mulley | 08 March 2017
Some charities and local authorities have been divided over the so called ‘exemption clause’ in t...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
MPs call for government to publish fresh asylum data
By Mark Conrad | 06 March 2017
Ministers should publish fresh data on councils’ ability to take unaccompanied asylum-seeking chi...
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