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PLANNING

What an opportunity for a housing minister to be radical and bold

By Paul O’Brien | 06 August 2019

Paul O'Brien says there needs to be a wider recognition at a central and local level of the linka...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Children's services, adult social care top list of complaints

By Hiba Mahamadi | 30 July 2019

Most complaints about councils received by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO) i...

PLANNING

Collaboration is the default way in Herts

By Jeff Stack | 25 July 2019

Broxbourne BC and Hertfordshire CC are moving towards final approval process on a £400m scheme to...

PLANNING

Reducing the risks from transition

By Abdool Kara | 24 July 2019

The May local elections returned significant numbers of new councillors including new single issu...

PLANNING

Can we have both quality and quantity in new homes?

By Michael Burton | 17 July 2019

Michael Burton asks: 'Is it any wonder that the public are suspicious of the planning system when...

BUSINESS

Trust in planners 'almost non-existent'

By Naomi Larsson | 10 July 2019

Public trust in councils to make planning decisions in the best interests of communities is ‘almo...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Non-metropolitan councils need the power to tackle barriers to growth

By Ann McGauran | 04 July 2019

The Post-Brexit England Commission’s final report has set out a prospectus to Government of ‘tang...

PLANNING

Worthing agrees modular housing deal with Swedish firm

By Martin Ford | 28 June 2019

A Swedish modular homebuilder has secured its first agreement in the UK for a decade with Worthin...

PLANNING

Brexit should not be an excuse for avoiding domestic issues

By Andrew Carter | 27 June 2019

The next PM should increase council funding, build homes where they are needed and improve urban ...

WHITEHALL

PAC: Government should intervene over local plans

By Hiba Mahamadi | 26 June 2019

The Government should use its ‘powers to intervene’ to ensure councils without local plans make t...

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