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PLANNING
Local government prepares for planning battle
By Martin Ford | 06 February 2020
Battle lines are being drawn ahead of a proposed overhaul of the planning system.
DEVOLUTION
LGA chair's concerns over Cumbria reorganisation
By Martin Ford | 06 February 2020
Doubts have been expressed over the proposed reorganisation of local government in Cumbria.
FINANCE
The positive process of peer review
By Tony Kirkham | 06 February 2020
Tony Kirkham recently took part in a Local Government Association peer review. He says the proces...
WHITEHALL
South-east defends record on refugees
By Martin Ford | 05 February 2020
Local government figures have defended the record of the south-east and London on taking in asylu...
FINANCE
EXCLUSIVE: Jenrick plans intervention to help northern councils
By Dan Peters | 31 January 2020
Local government secretary Robert Jenrick is poised to intervene in the fair funding review to en...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Councils sent back to drawing board on SEND
By Dan Peters | 28 January 2020
Councils have been sent back to the drawing board after a quango ripped apart their plans to reco...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Jenrick in anti-semitism funding threat
By Chris Mahony | 28 January 2020
The Local Government Association (LGA) has rebuffed communities secretary Robert Jenrick’s threat...
SOCIAL CARE
Ministers row with LGA over fair funding review modelling
By Ann McGauran | 28 January 2020
A row broke out between ministers and the Local Government Association (LGA) after it modelled th...
FINANCE
Seven out of 10 councils overspend on homelessness
By Chris Mahony | 28 January 2020
Seven out of 10 English councils overspent their homelessness budgets in 2018/19 by a combined to...
FINANCE
Poorer areas to lose 'hundreds of millions' under proposed changes
By Laura Sharman | 27 January 2020
Former Labour stronghold areas are to lose millions of pounds under the fair funding review, anal...
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