Waste

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More financial uncertainty is being piled onto councils over the distribution of a fresh funding ...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Building back local trust

By Tom Forth | 18 April 2023

In the current climate of low turnouts in local elections, Tom Forth considers how councils could...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: 'It's time for a new Audit Commission'

By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters | 12 April 2023

An ex-senior mandarin has today called for a new Audit Commission as The MJ reveals the draft met...

SOCIAL CARE

A watchdog's role is to catch councils before they fail

By Heather Jameson | 12 April 2023

Oflog is not the Audit Commission, says Heather Jameson. 'The question is not whether we are tryi...

Perfect partners

12 April 2023

Get your coat, Brentwood BC, you’ve pulled!

WASTE

Breast foot forward

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Once a year, Diary is inundated with councils taking part in Wear it Pink.

BUSINESS

Thinking the unthinkable

By Justin Galliford | 01 March 2023

Chief executive officer of Norse Group Justin Galliford comments on how local authorities are now...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Under the volcano

By Will Mapplebeck | 21 February 2023

Will Mapplebeck joined the Japan Local Government Centre’s Japan Study Tour to look at how local ...

WHITEHALL

Food waste delay 'nailed down'

By Dan Peters | 06 February 2023

Government proposals for every household to receive separate weekly food waste collections from t...

ENVIRONMENT

Triple on-the-spot littering fines, think-tank urges

By William Eichler | 23 January 2023

A think-tank has called for a ‘revitalised’ litter strategy, including tripling the level of fine...

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