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CHIEF EXECUTIVES

MPs are quick to criticise and slow to praise

By Blair McPherson | 25 April 2018

In my experience many MPs think they should have more influence on their local council, writes Bl...

COUNCILLORS

Raising the standard

By Graeme McDonald | 25 April 2018

Graeme McDonald questions whether more needs to be done to promote standards and good conduct in ...

WHITEHALL

Workforce pay parity could undermine integration - Green

By Mark Conrad | 24 April 2018

The integration of NHS and care services could be undermined by a lack of progress on workforce p...

WHITEHALL

Labour in 'monumental effort' to boost northern productivity

By Mark Conrad | 23 April 2018

Labour’s shadow Treasury team has announced it will fund a ‘monumental effort’ to boost productiv...

WHITEHALL

Government back to drawing board on Fair Deal

By Dan Peters | 19 April 2018

Whitehall remains committed to introducing the Fair Deal policy into the local government pension...

FINANCE

Labour outlines housing policy

By Heather Jameson | 19 April 2018

Labour would scrap right to buy, and give councils new borrowing freedoms and central funding in ...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Housing and Brexit: a toxic mix for the Tories on 3 May

By Michael Burton | 17 April 2018

Michael Burton asks whether local issues could help the Conservatives salvage some comfort from w...

FINANCE

Sector to tackle peer challenge take-up

By Dan Peters | 17 April 2018

The number of councils that have not had a corporate peer challenge (CPC) since 2012 will be redu...

WHITEHALL

Windrush row could swing key council votes

By Mark Conrad | 16 April 2018

Whitehall’s mistreatment of the Windrush generation could swing key council votes in areas with l...

DEVOLUTION

Corbyn backs One Yorkshire devolution

By Mark Conrad | 16 April 2018

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has thrown his weight behind a devolution deal covering the whole of ...

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