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WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Home Office accused of misleading council over asylum plans
By Mark Conrad | 24 October 2023
The Home Office faces accusations in the High Court it misled a council over controversial plans ...
DEVOLUTION
'Devolution hopes rest on combined authorities'
By Martin Ford | 24 October 2023
Combined authorities represent the greatest hope for devolution in England, according to a new re...
FINANCE
Listen to the local
By Sir Bob Neill | 23 October 2023
Party conferences are long on rhetoric but leave local government with more questions than answer...
THIRD SECTOR
Putting prevention first
By Abigail Langley | 23 October 2023
Abigail Langley puts the high level of strategic priority placed on prevention in South Norfolk a...
FINANCE
EXCLUSIVE: Nightmare before Christmas?
By Dan Peters | 23 October 2023
The provisional local government finance settlement will be published just before Christmas, coun...
WHITEHALL
Welsh councils to wait for tourism tax
By Dan Peters | 23 October 2023
Tourism taxes will not be in place in Wales until 2027, the Welsh Government has estimated.
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 ...
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