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FINANCE
Porter: NHS spending ain't working
By Sam Clayden | 16 September 2016
Senior council leaders have denounced NHS spending amid fears the health service's poor financial...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Devolution responsibilities must be funded 'outside business rates system'
By Sam Clayden | 15 September 2016
Senior councillors have called for responsibilities handed down through devolution deals to be fu...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Late-night licensing: nirvana or nightmare?
By James Evison | 14 September 2016
In The MJ last week, Claire Fox said councils and their over-zealous approach to licensing was to...
FINANCE
'Set DCLG free' to tackle homelessness
By Thomas Bridge | 14 September 2016
Lord Gary Porter has called for the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) to be ...
BUSINESS
'Excessive' charges challenged
By Sam Clayden | 14 September 2016
Smith Square has called on council bosses to back a ‘fully-funded’ legal challenge against Master...
FINANCE
Speaking with one voice
By Cllr Gary Porter | 14 September 2016
Local government must have a united voice when tackling the many challenges ahead, says Lord Gary...
WHITEHALL
Whitehall publishes Neighbourhood Planning Bill details
By Jamie Hailstone | 08 September 2016
The Government has published details of its new Neighbourhood Planning Bill, which it claims will...
FINANCE
LGA joins opposition to 'golden hellos'
By Jamie Hailstone | 08 September 2016
Council leaders have joined officers in calling for a ban on independent agencies offering foster...
WHITEHALL
'Poisonous' borough could face government intervention
By Sam Clayden | 07 September 2016
A minister has not ruled out future Government intervention in Oadby & Wigston BC after an MP lau...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
JRF calls for more council powers to tackle poverty
By Jamie Hailstone | 06 September 2016
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has called on the Government to devolve more powers to town halls ...
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