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Papering over the gaffes
25 January 2023
Sometimes Diary has to wonder how working in Whitehall must affect your sense of perspective.
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Gove scales up Thurrock intervention
By Mark Conrad | 24 January 2023
Local government secretary Michael Gove has effectively ordered a full intervention of Thurrock C...
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Church calls for restoration of social care funding
By Paul Marinko | 24 January 2023
The Church of England has laid out a central role for councils as it called for a national covena...
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Levelling up directors could be scrapped
By Martin Ford | 24 January 2023
Plans to appoint a dozen levelling up directors may be scrapped, a minister has admitted.
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Minister admits to shifting goalposts on levelling up bids
By Martin Ford | 23 January 2023
A Government minister has admitted to shifting the rules on Levelling Up Fund bids after applicat...
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Whitehall engagement varies across departments, review finds
By Mark Conrad | 23 January 2023
Government departments that lack regional structures have struggled to engage with place-based in...
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EXCLUSIVE: Unions poised to submit inflation-busting pay claim
By Mark Conrad | 23 January 2023
Local government trade unions are considering an inflation-busting pay demand for 2023-24, The MJ...
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Officials may break law by using tablets at elections
By Dan Peters | 23 January 2023
Returning officers (ROs) are weighing up whether to risk breaking the law by replacing paper regi...
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Yorkshire Mayors call for cultural devolution
By Dan Peters | 18 January 2023
The mayors of South and West Yorkshire have called for cultural spending to be devolved from Whit...
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Districts' legal threat over devolution deal
By Paul Marinko | 17 January 2023
Four Norfolk districts have threatened to take legal action over the county’s handling of a devol...
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