Select committee member loses Labour whip as police investigate
LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE

Select committee member loses Labour whip as police investigate

By Dan Peters | 28 October 2024

A Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee member has lost the Labour whip after a video emerged appearing to show him punching a man.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Gove silent after LGA letter on Oflog

By Dan Peters | 04 June 2024

Local Government Association (LGA) leaders have failed to receive a reply from communities secret...

HOUSING

Social housing tests could heavily impact London

By Martin Ford | 25 April 2024

London boroughs are likely to be most heavily impacted by the Government’s proposed UK connection...

LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE

Is that your final answer?

23 April 2024

Trevor ‘T-Dawg’ Holden is no stranger to the Diary page, primarily because of his talent for usin...

AUDIT

Minister rules out Oflog role on audit

By Martin Ford | 23 April 2024

A minister has quashed suggestions oversight of audit should be handed to the Office for Local Go...

WHITEHALL

Help councils unlock their true power

16 April 2024

With LGA plans for a local government White Paper gathering pace, Lord Bichard reiterates the imp...

BUSINESS

Oflog should be handed audit oversight, MPs told

By Mark Conrad | 16 April 2024

The Office for Local Government (Oflog) should be handed oversight of England’s broken audit regi...

WHITEHALL

Betts backs Homes England review

By Mark Conrad | 15 April 2024

Parliament’s housing committee chair has backed calls to remove some responsibilities from Homes ...

FINANCE

Local government: One sector ready for the challenge

By Tracy Bingham | 02 April 2024

While there’s still so much uncertainty around local government, it is positive to be thinking ah...

WHITEHALL

Online sales tax not priority for London

By Dan Peters | 15 March 2024

London Councils has decided it will not prioritise an online sales tax (OST) as part of its lobby...

LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE

Oflog independence row stems from broken relationships

By Paul Marinko | 20 February 2024

The concerns over Oflog’s independence illustrate councils’ low level of faith in Government, whi...

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