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REORGANISATION
Spring of hope
By Jonathan Carr-West | 19 March 2025
Discussions around reorganisation must go beyond merely redrawing boundaries to avoid dashing gro...
FINANCE
Section 114 fears for new unitary
By Joe Lepper | 10 March 2025
A unitary formed two years ago faces a £190m budget gap within the next four years amid section 1...
IMPROVEMENT
Back to the basics
By Dan Peters | 12 February 2025
Croydon LBC's chief executive Katherine Kerswell talks to Dan Peters about the council's positive...
FINANCE
Barnet issues s114 over unauthorised payments
By Martin Ford | 24 January 2025
Barnet LBC has issued a section 114 notice over ‘unlawful’ payments to and from the council’s pen...
FINANCE
Local authorities ask for permission to raise council tax above referendum threshold
By Dan Peters | 20 January 2025
More councils have pleaded with ministers to increase their council tax above the 5% referendum l...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Special educational needs statutory override is 'abomination'
By Martin Ford | 09 January 2025
Accountancy alone will not be enough to end the ‘abomination’ of statutory overrides for special ...
POLITICS
Starmer 'acutely aware' of SEND risk
By Dan Peters | 23 December 2024
Prime Minister Keir Starmer is ‘acutely aware’ that demand and market failure across special educ...
FINANCE
'Budgetary pressures' force plea to Government
By Emily Twinch | 16 December 2024
Councillors at Labour-led Cheshire East Council have agreed to ask the Government for two more ye...
FINANCE
Windsor and Maidenhead wants 25% council tax increase amid section 114 warning
By Dan Peters | 11 December 2024
Cash-strapped Windsor & Maidenhead BC has warned a section 114 notice is ‘almost inevitable’ if i...
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