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Council provided £1m loan amid collapse fears
By Mark Conrad | 27 March 2023
Coventry City Council provided a £1m loan to a failing cultural trust knowing there was a risk of...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
This Budget is much ado about déjà vu
By Heather Jameson | 21 March 2023
The past decade has seen Budget after Budget pledging to ‘level up’ and ‘devolve down’, but to wh...
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Childcare warning after Budget announcement
By Mark Conrad | 21 March 2023
Wider reform of childcare will be needed if ministers are to deliver a sustainable wraparound sys...
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More than 370 local audit opinions still outstanding, MPs told
By Mark Conrad | 21 March 2023
More than 370 local audit opinions for 2021-22 are still outstanding despite recent measures desi...
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Government asylum policy to face key test
By Mark Conrad | 21 March 2023
The Home Office’s ‘knee-jerk’ asylum policy faces a key test after a council accused ministers of...
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Pension changes could ease recruitment pressure
By Heather Jameson | 21 March 2023
Changes to the pension rules could ease the pressure on senior recruitment in local government, s...
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Councils need the power to set fees
By Ian Miller | 20 March 2023
While the DCN welcomes the proposed increases to planning fees, what councils need is the power t...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Northern Powerhouse architect calls for swift fiscal devolution
By Mark Conrad | 20 March 2023
One of the architects of the Northern Powerhouse has called for a five-step devolution of fiscal ...
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Keegan orders Solihull to improve children's services oversight
By Mark Conrad | 20 March 2023
Education secretary Gillian Keegan has ordered Solihull MBC to improve senior oversight of its ch...
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Questions over Slough's 'viability'
By Paul Marinko | 16 March 2023
The Government has said there are question marks over the ‘viability’ of Slough Council as a unit...
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- Political change tests organisational maturity
- ADCS conference: President warns of risks from 'Jenga tower' of reforms
- LGA conference: Change journey 'will never end' in Northamptonshire
- Bringing dynamism into devolution
- A Burnham-led government urgently needs to set out a timetable for devolution in all areas of England
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