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PLANNING
IPPR calls for stronger planning departments
By Emily Twinch | 14 February 2025
Government should beef up planning departments to achieve its 1.5 million new homes target, a thi...
PROCUREMENT
Procurement targeted in bid for growth
By Martin Ford | 14 February 2025
An overhaul of procurement processes has been announced by the Government in a bid to revitalise ...
SEND
CIPFA sets out five principles to fix SEND failures
By Ann McGauran | 14 February 2025
The Government has the chance to turn round a failing SEND system by applying five principles for...
PREVENT
Former MP calls for national public inquiry after 'clearly inadequate' Prevent review
By Dan Peters | 13 February 2025
A review of the handling by a counter-terrorism programme of MP Sir David Amess’ killer failed to...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Elected council mayors could be 'discontinued'
By Heather Jameson | 13 February 2025
Senior Whitehall officials are keen to scrap directly-elected council mayors despite a fudged com...
PEOPLE
BCP chief executive announces retirement
By Martin Ford | 13 February 2025
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council chief executive Graham Farrant has announced he...
REORGANISATION
Call for reorganisation support
By Dan Peters | 13 February 2025
A senior sector figure has called for the Local Government Association (LGA) and Whitehall to off...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
LGA: Reorganisation won't halt peer reviews
By Dan Peters | 13 February 2025
Peer reviews will not be paused during reorganisation, the Local Government Association (LGA) has...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Government axes economic growth unit
By Joe Lepper | 13 February 2025
The Government is to axe a cross-departmental body created to support economic growth in local ar...
FINANCE
Plea for Rayner to write off £5.7bn Surrey debt ahead of reorganisation
By Dan Peters | 13 February 2025
The Government should write off the £5.7bn of debt facing Surrey’s districts to facilitate reorga...
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