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WHITEHALL
Electoral burden on sector could be reduced
By Dan Peters | 04 February 2016
The burden on local government of running electoral services will be reduced under proposals to r...
WHITEHALL
Welsh devolution branded as 'short-sighted and clunky'
By Jamie Hailstone | 03 February 2016
Academics have dismissed Whitehall plans to devolve more powers to Wales as ‘clunky, inequitable ...
WHITEHALL
'Too few details' in rush to complete Housing Bill
By Sam Clayden | 03 February 2016
Lords and council leaders have slated the Government for driving through the Housing and Planning...
FINANCE
Jobseekers 'must not pay council tax'
By Dan Peters | 03 February 2016
Asking people on jobseekers’ allowance to pay council tax is unfair, the Department for Communiti...
FINANCE
Sector faces £1.5bn bill for backdated NHS relief
By Dan Peters | 03 February 2016
Local government could be hit with a bill of up to £1.5bn after 60 NHS trusts suggested they migh...
FINANCE
We want our money back!
By Simon Goacher | 29 January 2016
Simon Goacher examines whether a legal challenge from councils over funding could force the Gover...
WHITEHALL
Council housing stock will be 'decimated' by right to buy
By Sam Clayden | 29 January 2016
Local government leaders have called for greater powers to build new homes after report revealed ...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: 'No end point to devo' as Royal Assent granted
By Heather Jameson | 27 January 2016
Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill gets Royal Assent.
PLANNING
Lords tear into Housing Bill
By Sam Clayden | 27 January 2016
The Housing and Planning Bill was met with a tirade of criticism in the House of Lords.
WHITEHALL
Councils' role in school improvement under threat
By Dan Peters | 19 January 2016
MPs have called for a ‘fundamental reassessment of accountability and oversight’ for all schools ...
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