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WHITEHALL
Child abuse inquiry chair criticises Government response
By Mark Conrad | 23 October 2023
The chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has branded ministers’ respo...
WHITEHALL
'Victory for common sense' hailed on waste
By Mark Conrad | 23 October 2023
Councils have claimed a ‘victory for common sense’ after ministers watered down plans to standard...
CLIMATE CHANGE
Greens push for divestment
By Dan Peters | 20 October 2023
There will be a greater push for divestment in the local government pension scheme (LGPS) after t...
PLANNING
Government blocks remote meetings
By Martin Ford | 18 October 2023
A levelling up Bill amendment that would have enabled virtual council meetings has been stripped ...
COUNCIL TAX
'Anger' over Scottish council tax freeze
By Martin Ford | 18 October 2023
Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf’s announcement of a blanket freeze on council tax next year ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
4 wheel drive woman on... party conferences
17 October 2023
Good lord, are all those political party conferences over? I can’t bear windbags wittering on abo...
SOLACE
Chiefs' professional development framework launched
By Ann McGauran | 17 October 2023
The first version of a professional development framework to keep local government chief executiv...
COUNCIL TAX
Charting new waters: the LGA after Mark Lloyd's exit
By Cllr Phil Broadhead | 17 October 2023
Cllr Phil Broadhead looks at the challenge for the LGA as it seeks a new chief executive capable ...
DEVOLUTION
Devolution debates dominate
By Zoë Billingham | 17 October 2023
At the Labour conference, devolution was a major theme of Keir Starmer’s speech. It was reassurin...
PLANNING
Required: some real radicalism
By Dr Simon Kaye | 17 October 2023
Dr Simon Kaye reflects on the recent round of political party conferences and argues that a coher...
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