HUMAN RESOURCES

Poole and Bournemouth to work together

By Hiba Mahamadi | 31 May 2017

Poole and Bournemouth Councils are planning to combine back office services as part of plans to s...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Strengthening local democracy

By John Stewart | 24 May 2017

In a final article written before he died last month, George Jones and fellow author John Stewart...

REORGANISATION

West Suffolk councils moot plans to create single authority

By William Eichler | 09 May 2017

Council leaders have put forward ‘ambitious’ proposals to create a single council for West Suffol...

WHITEHALL

MP predicts reorganisation revamp

By Dan Peters | 02 May 2017

A backbench Tory MP who is leading the campaign against local government reorganisation in Dorset...

WHITEHALL

No 10 accused of halting unitary plans over backbench rebellion fear

By Dan Peters | 26 April 2017

The Government’s wafer-thin majority frightened prime minister Theresa May away from approving pl...

WHITEHALL

Blue sky thinking

20 April 2017

The ongoing battle over council boundaries is likely to be put on the back burner for a while aft...

FINANCE

CIPFA warning over voluntary mergers

By Laura Sharman | 20 April 2017

Councils will be unable to cover the costs of voluntary mergers in Wales using their reserves, th...

WHITEHALL

General Election halts Christchurch's referendum on shake-up

By Laura Sharman | 20 April 2017

Plans to hold a referendum on local government reorganisation in Christchurch will be delayed fol...

BUSINESS RATES

Don't let the election derail public sector reforms

By Heather Jameson | 20 April 2017

As another General Election looms, Heather Jameson says there are a host of domestic policy chall...

PLANNING

Districts do far more than just collect council tax

By Ian Miller | 11 April 2017

Ian Miller rejects recent comments about the role of districts and highlights the important dutie...

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