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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Social work Bill exemption revived
By Sam Clayden | 18 January 2017
Children and families minister Edward Timpson praised ‘inspirational’ councils as he reinstated c...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
The three biggest challenges for cities in 2017
By Alexandra Jones | 18 January 2017
Alexandra Jones offers her predictions for the biggest issues in the coming year.
FINANCE
Chiefs warn school reforms not 'way forward'
By Jamie Hailstone | 16 January 2017
Council chief executives have warned that Holyrood plans to reform the way schools are run are no...
WHITEHALL
Northern Ireland councils offer to step into vacuum
By Dan Peters | 11 January 2017
Northern Ireland’s councils have called for more devolution as they offer to step into the power ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Leaping into the Lords
By Heather Jameson | 10 January 2017
As Baroness Couttie steps down as leader of Westminster City Council, she tells Heather Jameson a...
WHITEHALL
White Van Man on . . . bed blockers
10 January 2017
Don’t think for one moment that I’m going to foot the bill for all these old folk.
HEALTH
'Beef up wellbeing boards to aid health and care policy'
By Sam Clayden | 10 January 2017
Powers should be devolved to ‘beefed up’ health and wellbeing boards to bolster and consolidate l...
FINANCE
Looming elections raise doubts over use of social care precept
By James Evison | 09 January 2017
A half-a-billion pound ‘black hole’ in adult social care budgets could be created because of loom...
HEALTH
Committee chairs pile pressure onto May
By Jamie Hailstone | 06 January 2017
The chairs of three leading parliamentary committees have called on Theresa May to spearhead a cr...
CLIMATE CHANGE
High Court: Council right to approve fracking
By Laura Sharman | 20 December 2016
Fracking will be allowed to take place in North Yorkshire after the High Court ruled the county c...
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