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ELECTIONS

Conservatives hit hard in London as poll results roll in

06 May 2022

Labour has taken control of  Westminster, Wandsworth and Barnet LBCs, in an election night that h...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Combined authority mayor faces probe amid chief's shock exit

By Dan Peters | 03 May 2022

The chief executive of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority has quit after less tha...

FINANCE

EXCLUSIVE: Councils warned to budget for 4% pay increase

By Mark Whitehead | 03 May 2022

Councils have been warned by local government employers to budget for pay rises of at least 4% th...

SCOTLAND

Scottish census extended amid low completion rate

By Chris Mahony | 03 May 2022

The Scottish Government has extended the deadline for census returns by four weeks in a bid to bo...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Telling London's story

By Ann McGauran | 02 May 2022

There are votes to be had from ‘bashing the city’ and the story that levelling up has to mean tak...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Whitehall risk warning over election reforms

By Dan Peters | 29 April 2022

Whitehall officials have privately admitted councils could be overwhelmed by one of the largest s...

HEALTH

Bill passes as intervention powers reined in

By Martin Ford | 29 April 2022

The Health and Care Bill has officially received Royal Assent following months of wrangling betwe...

WHITEHALL

No major gains expected as local elections loom

By Heather Jameson | 27 April 2022

Labour and the Conservatives are unlikely to make any huge wins at next week’s local elections, i...

WHITEHALL

UK comes under pressure to adopt rights charter

By Dan Peters | 26 April 2022

Local leaders will continue to be ‘heavily constrained’ until the UK follows through on its promi...

HEALTH

No child should be at the mercy of a postcode lottery

By Steve Crocker | 25 April 2022

We need a national conversation about the way our mental health system fails too many children an...