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WHITEHALL
Levelling up failure warning
By Rachel Salveta | 25 May 2023
Ministers’ flagship levelling up policy will fail without long-term substantive funding, accordin...
BUSINESS
Gove approves Teesworks probe
By Rachel Salveta | 25 May 2023
Local government secretary Michael Gove has given the green light for a probe into Teesworks corr...
WHITEHALL
Morris: Vulnerable youngsters failed by care system
By Rachel Salveta | 24 May 2023
‘Vulnerable young people are being failed’ by the children’s social care system, a former educati...
BUSINESS
Call for removal of council tax prison threat
By Rachel Salveta | 24 May 2023
England should follow Scotland and Wales by removing the threat of prison for the non-payment of ...
WHITEHALL
Questions raised over asylum hotels pledge
By Dan Peters and Mark Conrad | 23 May 2023
Senior council figures have questioned whether Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s pledge to end the use...
IMPROVEMENT
Showdown in Brum
By Heather Jameson | 23 May 2023
Heather Jameson assesses the situation at Birmingham City Council after a week in which the leade...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Tackling the housing shortage
23 May 2023
In his last column as chairman of the Local Government Association, Cllr James Jamieson looks at ...
WHITEHALL
Ministers promise CSA compensation scheme
By Mark Conrad | 23 May 2023
Ministers have promised a compensation scheme for survivors of child sexual abuse (CSA) including...
WHITEHALL
Borrowing £12bn higher than last year
By Michael Burton | 23 May 2023
Room to increase spending or reduce taxes has narrowed after the latest figures showed borrowing ...
HEALTH
Starmer reveals more on National Care Service
By Michael Burton | 23 May 2023
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to deliver more care staff, closer health and care int...
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