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HEALTH
Fears of 'risk to life' as healthcare equipment maker on brink of collapse
By Lee Peart | 31 July 2025
Council leaders have warned of a a ‘devastating impact’ and ‘risk to life’ with a healthcare equi...
SOCIAL CARE
Calls for higher pay for social care as UK worker numbers continue to fall
By Lee Peart | 29 July 2025
The Government has faced calls for higher pay and better conditions for social care workers as th...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
LGA hits back at Reform UK critics
By Dan Peters | 24 July 2025
The Local Government Association (LGA) has insisted it is ‘more important than ever the sector ha...
ASYLYM
Fresh criticism of Home Office on asylum
By Neil Merrick | 22 July 2025
Relations between councils and the Home Office soured further this week after the department was ...
HOUSING
Councils to be handed powers to inspect rented homes without notice
By Joe Lepper | 21 July 2025
Councils are to be given powers to inspect rented homes without providing notice to landlords.
OFLOG
EXCLUSIVE: £8m Oflog 'waste'
By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters | 17 July 2025
Ministers have been warned against imposing more expensive, top-down performance indicators after...
DEVOLUTION
Thinking fast and slow on devolution
By Heather Jameson | 14 July 2025
If ministers want their devo dreams to be realised, they need to move fast, says Heather Jameson.
SEND
LGA calls for EHCP scale back amid potential backlash
By Emily Twinch | 10 July 2025
Local authorities have called for the scaling back of Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) de...
INTERVENTION
Envoys sent in to indebted council
By William Eichler | 10 July 2025
Concerns about Warrington BC’s levels of debt have prompted the Government to send in four minist...
WORKFORCE
Workforce development is an urgent priority
By By Graeme McDonald | 09 July 2025
Managing director of senior officers' organisation Solace, Graeme McDonald, says 94% of councils ...
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