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FINANCE

Campaigners could challenge councils over LOBO loans

By Dan Peters | 18 August 2015

Councils could face a raft of challenges to their annual accounts from campaigners against the us...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

West Midlands devo deal 'is the most complex yet'

By Dan Peters | 18 August 2015

West Midlands council chiefs were this week locked in talks with government trying to thrash out ...

WHITEHALL

Cameron: Every school should become an academy

By Jamie Hailstone | 17 August 2015

Prime minister David Cameron has said he wants every school in the country to be able to leave lo...

WHITEHALL

We need to fix roof once and for all

By Tony Kirkham | 12 August 2015

It was John F Kennedy who famously said: ‘The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining’...

WHITEHALL

Plymouth hits back in union subscriptions row

By Mark Conrad | 12 August 2015

One of England’s largest city councils has accused the Government of trying to ‘criminalise’ auth...

FINANCE

No one size fits all for city devo

By Alexandra Jones | 12 August 2015

With regional city devolution deals about to be put on the table, Alexandra Jones looks at the pl...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

There's safety in numbers

By Deborah Cadman | 12 August 2015

Deborah Cadman says in this age of austerity and increased demand for public services, going it a...

FINANCE

Why not London?

By Gareth Thomas | 04 August 2015

London council leaders need to demand a referendum to confirm Londoners’ consent for a radical de...

WHITEHALL

Counties eye sheriff idea

By Dan Peters | 29 July 2015

Counties seeking devolved powers could be interested in the idea of an elected sheriff, governor ...

HEALTH

Shires rebel against one-size-fits-all CAs

By Dan Peters | 29 July 2015

A ‘growing number’ of councils want to join two types of combined authority, The MJ has learned.

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Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

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